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Toto Wolff: “There were two choices”
The strategy of Lewis Hamilton at the end of the race in Abu Dhabi to try to slow down Nico Rosberg to insert as many drivers as possible between the Briton and his rival, had been widely discussed before this weekend.
Hamilton himself had indicated that this tactic could prove dangerous. However, it is indeed the one that the pilot of the Mercedes W07 Hybrid #44 seemed to choose in the final moments of the Grand Prix, seeing the title slip away from it in favor of Nico Rosberg.
Asked by Sky Sports, Toto wolff, boss of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport, emphasizes having asked the question about what strategy to adopt for Hamilton. “I'm in a bit of a schizophrenic situation, explains the Austrian. There is the team manager who controls that everyone obeys the rules because that made possible what we are today, but there is also the rider.
I asked myself: “What would I have done? "There were two choices: disappear in front and show them that you were the better driver and that meant the end of his season, or play the other one, slow down, and that's what he decided to do.
It would have occurred to me and it has occurred to others. Christian (Horner, boss of Red Bull Racing) had the same idea before the weekend, so he followed that. But, Nico had more pace, he remained calm under pressure... It is difficult to have a solution for every situation. »
Find the report and analysis of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, produced by our special correspondents on the Yas Marina Circuit, in AUTO issue 2091hebdo, available tomorrow evening in digital version and this Wednesday on newsstands.
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