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Wolff: “Maybe the right person won at Spa”

Toto Wolff does not regret that Lewis Hamilton came up against Charles Leclerc at the end of the race at Spa-Francorchamps, in the context of the death of Anthoine Hubert.

Published on 03/09/2019 à 15:27

Medhi Casaurang

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Wolff: “Maybe the right person won at Spa”

Once is not customary, Mercedes did not win. But this 2019 Belgian Grand Prix, contested in a heavy atmosphere after the death of Anthoine Hubert in Formula 2 the day before, undoubtedly needed a winner close to the Frenchman. At least that's what they think Toto wolff, the boss of the Silver Arrows.

“The entire race and our sport will be relegated for a long time to the shadow of what happened on Saturday, he explained to reporters present on Sunday evening. The fact that a young pilot loses his life like that in an accident, we cannot continue to do business as usual.

 

His family must go through one of the most terrible accidents I can imagine. For his friends present in the single-seaters (Sunday), it was not an easy Grand Prix. For most of us, his best friend deserves victory. Maybe the right person won at the right time », he slips, in reference to the first success of Charles Leclerc in Formula 1. 

Toto Wolff then focused on the nature of motorsport and its dangers. “It’s not easy to understand what’s going on in a race car when you’ve never driven so fast. Whether in F1, in promotional formulas, in prototype or whatever… It remains a gladiatorial sport.

 

This requires courage, skill and risk-taking. Through a camera you will never realize what it looks like and what the sensations are. We have been very lucky not to have had any other accidents like this in recent years. Maybe we have forgotten how dangerous this sport is. » The tragedy of Anthoine Hubert was a brutal reminder of this.

AUTO n°2232weekly, dedicated to Anthoine Hubert at the Belgian GP, is available since Monday evening in digital version and from this Wednesday on newsstands.

Medhi Casaurang

Passionate about the history of motorsport across all disciplines, I learned to read thanks to AUTOhebdo. At least that's what my parents tell everyone when they see my name inside!

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