Toto Wolff has admitted his radio message to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell in the F1 Au🃏strian Grand Prix was the “single dumbest thing I’ve done” during his time at 🔜Mercedes.

Russell took advantage of of a collision between race leaders 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris to claim an unlikely second victo﷽ry of his F1 career in Sunday’s dramatic race at the Red Bull Ring.

Following the clash which took Verstappen and Norris out of contention, Mercedes boss Wolff cam♉e over team radio to tell Russell “you can win this”. Russell responded by requesting Wolff to “let him 𒁃drive”.

Exp🐈laining his in♍teraction with Russell after the race, Wolff said he will be “forever ashamed” by the timing of his message.

“I think I know the drivers pretty well and what they need at tꩲimes to encourage or to refocus, because I spend so much time with them. I think I know their psychology,” Wolff told media including in Austria.

“But this🅰 one is the single dumbest thing I’ve done in 12 years at Mercedes. I will be forever ashamed because you look at where you message the driver and you don’t do it during braking. Or in high-speed corners.

“I didn’t look on the GPS I just saw these two taking each other out and 🍰we anticipated it, and then just emotionally pressed the button and said ‘we can win this’. I could have taken him out with that message! Imagine how that could have felt.

“I’m emotional. I enjoy us doing well and I enjoy seeing Lewis and George doing well. I was just🙈 carried away with that situation, but seriously, embarrassing!”

Russell said he “almost crashed” when Wolff told him 🌳that he could win the race.

"On those hard tyres for⛎ me was pretty difficult. And then suddenly I had Toto screaming in my 🃏ear, "you can win this!” Russell said.

"I almost crashed when he screamed into my ears, it was that loud, but I ꦡthink it just goes t𝔍o show the passion that we all share.

"It's obviously been a tough couple of years for us, so it feels great t𒀰o be back on the top step.ꩵ"