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“This is motor racing” – Toto Wolff speechless after Yuki Tsunoda triggered a virtual safety car

Samriddhi Jaiswal
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"This is motor racing" - Toto Wolff speechless after Yuki Tsunoda triggered a virtual safety car

AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda caused a safety car deployment twice at the Dutch GP shocking Mercedes boss Toto Wolff.

AlphaTauri driver YukiTsunoda faced trouble with his car and had to stop on the track before being called to the box. This happened twice during the Dutch GP and Mercedes boss Toto Wolff was left speechless with what had happened.

At first, it was reported that Tsunoda had some problems with his tyres but his team was seen fixing his seat belt instead. The Japanese driver was sent back out on the track before retiring mid-way and causing yet another safety car incident.

However, Wolff said that he has no issue with how the safety car rules were implemented during the Dutch GP.

He believes that sometimes those rules work, and sometimes it doesn’t. “As long as we adhere to the rules, this is motor racing.”

“I think the decisions from the race control were absolutely spot on, it was just a car caused by the safety car that shouldn’t have been there anymore,” he further added.

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Toto Wolff apologises to Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton was almost at the edge of winning his first race in the 2022 season but Mercedes decided to pit the Briton for medium tyres during the safety car.

After his teammate, George Russell overtook the 7-time world champion on soft tyres following the restart, Hamilton was heard fuming over the team radio over the messed-up strategy.

Hamilton said, “That was the biggest f*** up.” The Briton was then seen struggling to keep up against Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc on soft tyres for P3 and eventually missed out on the podium. Meanwhile, Russell went on to take a P2 finish.

After the race, Wolff was heard apologising to his 37-year-old champion saying, “Sorry it didn’t work out.”

“We did what we discussed in the morning. We took the risk, it didn’t work out, but let’s discuss it between us in the office.”

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Samriddhi Jaiswal

Samriddhi Jaiswal

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Samriddhi Jaiswal is an F1 editor and writer at The SportsRush. She started her career as a business journalist but soon found her calling in lights out here we go! Samriddhi has been a Ferrari fan even when her interaction with F1 was occasional. Her first real experience with the thrilling sport came when Charles Leclerc clinched his iconic victory in Spa and Monza and painted the track red. Now, a Tifosi, Samriddhi is a hardcore fan of the prancing horse and can relate to the chaos within the Italian camp and also admires Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. Off the track, she finds her home in books and musical instruments.

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