Mercedes’ former racing boss has backed Toto Wolff after the Austrian’s particularly emotional weekend of behaviour in Brazil. The intensity of the 2021 title battle took its toll on Mercedes team boss and co-owner Wolff at Interlagos, as he railed against multiple incidents that ultimately did not stop Lewis Hamilton from winning the race on Sunday. “But that doesn’t mean that on a race weekend like the last one in Brazil with numerous – let’s say – dubious decisions all of which were directed against one team, you can’t express it like this. “First and foremost, a team boss has to show that you can’t mess with the team,” the German insisted.

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