Red Bull ace Max Verstappen takes a swipe at Toto Wolff for dismissing the Dutchman’s record winning streak by claiming the Mercedes boss was probably ‘p***** off’ after ‘pretty s***’ race at Monza
- World champion Max Verstappen has continued his war of words with Toto Wolff
- Wolff called his record winning streak ‘completely irrelevant’ and ‘for Wikipedia’
World champion Max Verstappen has continued his war of words with Toto Wolff by claiming the Mercedes boss spent too much time talking about Red Bull and should focus on improving his own team.
Wolff had dismissed Verstappen’s achievement in becoming the first driver to win 10 Grands Prix in a row at Monza two weeks ago, sniffing that it was ‘for Wikipedia and no one reads that anyway’.
“No, I’m not disappointed in that,” Verstappen said of Wolff’s comments ahead of this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix.
“I mean, they had a pretty bad race, so he was probably still wrong with their performance,” Verstappen added, referring to the Italian Grand Prix where Mercedes pair George Russell and Lewis Hamilton finished fifth and sixth.
Mercedes are a distant second in the constructors’ championship, 310 points behind Red Bull, and Verstappen believes Wolff should recognize their achievements.
World champion Max Verstappen has continued his war of words with Toto Wolff
The Mercedes boss has dismissed Verstappen’s new record of winning ten Grands Prix in a row at Monza
“I think you have to appreciate it when a team does very well, which I think we have done in the past, because it was a kind of inspiration,” said Verstappen, who is close to winning a third world title . .
“We knew we just had to work harder, get better and reach that level.
“He almost sounds like he’s an employee of our team at times, but thankfully he’s not,” he added.
“I think it’s just important to focus on your own team, that’s what we do, and what we did in the past when we were behind them and when they dominated.”