Toto Wolff wants to “get out of this hole!” »

George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, respectively 11th and 14th in the Sprint race on Saturday, will have no choice but to fight for a handful of points this Sunday afternoon. This is the sad conclusion drawn Toto wolff Saturday evening during his press briefing. “We are in the fourth race of the season, and we are at our lowest! It is obvious that we are far from the fight in the lead. Scoring points is the minimum, but it's not where we set our expectations and therefore this weekend is a complete failure, declared the Austrian manager. We weren't great with warming up the tires, and that's why there aren't any miracles to expect at the start. We can regain positions, but not quickly enough! »

Toto Wolff calms things down compared to Hamilton

During this same meeting with the media, the man Brackley returned to what could have passed for an altercation with his star driver at the end of Friday's qualifying session. “It’s quite funny the way this exchange was interpreted, he said. With Lewis we share the same frustration of not being able to extract the performance in the first round. It was just pure anger on our part. There's no division, there's no one to blame or anything like that. There is no pressure in the system except that necessary to do things well. No one on the team enjoys the trip. We just need to dig ourselves out of this hole! »

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