“Toto behaved like someone who plays Monopoly and throws it all upside down” – Former World Champion believes Lewis Hamilton is isolating himself from Toto Wolff

Janmeyjay Shukla | 08/04/2022
"Toto behaved like someone who plays Monopoly and throws it all upside down" - Former World Champion believes Lewis Hamilton is isolating himself from Toto Wolff

Former World Champion Jacques Villeneuve believes there is a rift between Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff.

Lewis Hamilton has had a dramatic downfall since losing the championship to Max Verstappen. The latter overtook Hamilton after the safety car ended to become the new world champion.

Since then, Lewis Hamilton has not spoken about the incident with the media. Besides, Jacques Villeneuve believes this silence is an indication that Hamilton is distancing himself from Toto Wolff.

The 1997 World Champion believes that there is a fallout between Hamilton and Toto Wolff. The Briton signed a two-year extension with Mercedes last year, but things are not going well inside the paddock.

Toto Wolff has damaged his image – Villeneuve

Toto Wolff might just have damaged his reputation after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Villeneuve explained: “I interpret his silence as a way of distancing himself from Wolff.”

Villeneuve believes that Toto threw tantrums after losing the championship and it did not go well with Hamilton. Adding to this, he stated: “For me, he [Wolff] has damaged his image.”

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Jacques Villeneuve believes that there are other things going on in Hamilton’s mind right now. One of the reasons for distancing from Wolff is that Hamilton is sensitive to this issue.

Secondly, per him, Hollywood pleasures in America are one of Hamilton’s aims in the future. Comments from his boss are doing no favour for the seven times world champion to stay at Mercedes for long.

Lewis Hamilton is tired and the scars have not healed

The 1997 World Champion believes that Hamilton’s scars of Abu Dhabi have not healed yet and he is a ‘bit tired’ due to this. Taking sights from back-to-back championships after Nico Rosberg’s retirement, the Canadian expressed his concern over Hamilton’s 2021 loss.

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He stated: “He thought he could easily break records and that wasn’t the case. Then when you lose a title like that. It’s as if you had a diamond in your hand, and then it’s taken away from you.”

Villeneuve concluded by stating: “It hurts much more than if Verstappen had led the whole race.”

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Janmeyjay Shukla

Janmeyjay Shukla is an artist who contributes his expressions through words as an F1 writer and editor at The SportsRush. He is an F1 historian who has been watching the sport since he was a baby. Passed on from generation to generation, he has seen the prime of Michael Schumacher to the rise of Max Verstappen. A Mercedes fan from the days of the Brawn GP era, the sport runs in his blood. Besides Formula One, Janmeyjay is a Marketing Head and a musician who loves to sing and play Rock & Pop songs on guitar. His love for sports will never die as he is a loyal Liverpool Football Club fan as well!

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