Toto Wolff raises ‘bias’ stewarding concern after Max Verstappen escapes penalty
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has questioned whether F1 stewa𝓀rding decisions are "biased" after the United States Grand Prix.
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has questioned whether F1’s stewards are “biased” with their decision-making after a controversial United States 🎃Grand Prix.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell was hit with a five-second penalty for forcing Sauber’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valtteri Bottas off track during t🅺he early stages of Sunday’꧅s race at COTA, a punishment which Wolff described as being a “total joke”.
Meanwhile, McLaren’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris was penalised for passing F1 title rival 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen off track at Turn 12 during a thrillinဣg late battle for the final podium spot, which ultimately went the way of the Red Bull driver.
During an exchange with Russell over team radio on the cool-do🐓wn lap, Wolff was heard calling the decision not to penalise Verstappen for running Norris wide at the start of the race as “biased decision-making”.
Russell asked: “Did Verstappen get a pena♒lty🌄 for that Turn 1?”
Wolff responded: “No, he didn’t get a p🐼enalty and at the end Lando got a penalty for being fꦛorced off and overtaking on the outside. I guess it’s a bit biased decision making but not surprising.”
To which, Russell replied: “Yeah… strange.”
Speaking to ﷽Sky Sports after the race, Wolff once again took aꦚim at the “completely odd and bizarre” stewarding decisions seen over the Austin weekend.
“It’s in🐲consistent. With Valtteri [Bottas] it wasn’t even a race,” Wolff said. "Yesterday [in the sprint race] we’ve seen a few of those incidents which were exactly the same that weren’t penalised, racing for real positions actually.
“Receiving that p🥂enalty is completely odd and bizarre. I tꦬhink we know why but obviously I can’t say that on television.”
Asked if he thought that was due to ‘over-judicious’ st𒁃ewarding, Wolff said: “Sometimes there’s correlations.”
P▨ushed on what he meant by ‘correlations’, Wolff added: “When there is decision🍰-making that is a bit interesting.”
Wolff concluded the interview by saying: “At the end of the day, it is a difficult job. Some [stewards] are ver💝y good. Some are tryi🀅ng their best and you need to salute these guys.”
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