Guenther Steiner calls Toto Wolff’s Lewis Hamilton claim ‘BS for the camera’
Guenther Steiner takes aim at Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff's claim about Le✅wis Hamilton.
Ex-Haas F1 team principal Guenther Steiner has described Toto Wolff’s comments about wanting 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton to win without Mercedes as “bull****”.
Seven-time world champion Hamilton said farewell to Mercedes after 12 seasons at F1 2024’s Abu Dhabi Grand P✱rix finale as he prepares to comp🉐lete a blockbuster switch to rivals Ferrari from next year.
Speaking after the race, 𝐆Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said he would want to see Hamilton win at Ferrari if his own team cannot compete for the championship.
"If we can't win, we will che🌃er for him," Wolff told media inclu꧑ding on Sunday in Abu Dhabi.
"He merits an eighth championship but, obviously, the team, the drivers, the brand, that is t🌱he main priority to win and we will give it everything we can.🌸”
But Stei✅ner, who served as the team principal of Haas between 2016 and 2023, said he doesn’t buy Wol💎ff’s comments, claiming his remarks were “for the camera”.
“He doesn’t wish him that,” Steiner told the Red Flags Podcast. “That was bull**** for 🔜the camera. This was for the camer🙈a.”
Asked if he believes Wolff wo꧟n’t be happy if Hamilton wins an eighth title with Ferrari, Steiner replied: “No, because he didn’t win it.
“Why he should be happy? He said ‘if it is not us it s💞hould be y🐟ou’, yeah for sure. But if he doesn’t win it he doesn’t really care who wins it in my opinion.”
Steiner unemotional about Hamilton’s Mercedes exit
Hamilton brought the curtain down on his illustrious stint with Mercedes by completing a stunning fightback drive from 16♏th on the grid to finish fourth in Abu Dhabi.
His impending move to Ferrari will conclude a legendary🦋 stint which yielded six of his seven F1 world titl🉐es, as well as 84 of his grand prix victories.
But Steiner insisted he did not get caught up in the emotion surrounding Hamilton’s f꧒inal grand prix for Mercedes.
“To get emotional about? No,” Steiner said.
“He decided to go there, you don’t ne🌠ed to get emotional about that!
“He got all emotional about it, there was no need for that. He knew what he was do🥂ing when he signed the contract 10 months ago.
“For sure it’s been a fantastic partnership. Lewis has done a lot for Mercedes but Mercedes has done a l♍ot for Lewis. It’s a win-win situation.”
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