The fans on Twitter gave Toto Wolff a hard time after his recent comment on Red Bull’s dominance. The Mercedes boss urged Formula 1 to prevent “boring races” like Azerbaijan Grand Prix last weekend, to which the fans slammed the Austrian executive.
Speaking to the media after the race, Wolff stated that there was no overtaking, despite having a big pace difference. The race had no great entertainment and the sprint race was also questionable, with hardly any positives to take out, the Mercedes honcho shared.
Toto Wolff believes boring races need to be avoided. He says it’s about understanding why it wasn’t entertaining, not necessarily changing the rules.
“Today wasn’t a thriller. Just no overtaking, even with a big pace difference. It made it not great entertainment.”
“We need to… pic.twitter.com/0wnkUnBZwn
— Fastest Pitstop (@FastestPitStop) May 1, 2023
The 51-year-old went on to share that without Max Verstappen and George Russell’s tussle at the beginning of the Sprint race, there was no significant action to note down. The F1 should look at such things and take measures to avoid such “boring” races in the future, Wolff concluded, as per The Guardian.
Admittedly, the recently concluded Baku race has been another dominating weekend for Red Bull Racing. This has been their fourth win and third 1-2 finish of the season, as they took another giant leap in the constructors’ championship.
What did the fans say?
The fans were not happy with the Austrian’s comment. They called out the billionaire on the internet.
Given below are some of the reactions taken from Twitter:
The duality of man https://t.co/65hMzTcOdc
— (@mykelparps) May 1, 2023
Hypocrisy is astonishing https://t.co/7LJS9OwK5W
— (@goateddutchman) May 1, 2023
Lmfao no way this clown should be saying that F1 is a circus today due to demands on making it appeal to audiences that Merc boredom drove away for years https://t.co/gTaHnqEUs5
— Elise (@willinme1) May 1, 2023
This guy is one of the most arrogant and spineless assholes on this planet. He didn’t give a shit about boring races when his team ruined F1 after some of the best seasons ever. Then after 7 years of total domination he finally gets beaten in a fair competition….. https://t.co/KLN05aAWqO
— flavio (@Angry_Schumi) May 1, 2023
so what about 2014-2020 when the mercedes was dominant? https://t.co/5x0YQ4213T
— emilia¹¹ (@eelmiaforme) May 1, 2023
Haha what a joke. He wasn’t complaining when Mercedes were miles at the front https://t.co/KsLCouVC3v
— Jordan Bulger (@Jordi_Bulge) May 1, 2023
Why did the fans slam Wolff and call him a hypocrite?
The fans on Twitter mostly pointed out the years of immense dominance by the German team in Formula 1. Notably, from the year 2014 to 2020, the Silver Arrows were untouchable.
With Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas, and Nico Rosberg in the wing, Wolff spent a good chunk of the last decade dominating the Formula 1 circuit with seven drivers’ as well as constructors’ championships.
Now, being the same man who saw such huge dominance and success for so long, complaining against the same kind of supremacy by a rival felt kind of “hypocrisy” to the fans.
