Toto Wolff has tried to pour chilly water on the Formulation 1 driver market rumours, firmly stating that Mercedes has no want to change its present pairing of George Russell and Kimi Antonelli. Nonetheless, F1 followers have been left divided over the Mercedes chief’s feedback.
Chatting with Sky Sports activities F1 forward of qualifying in Austria, Wolff was robust in his help for his present drivers. “We don’t wish to change issues. We’ve stated that additionally to George, I feel it’s a line-up that’s good for us. I’m very pleased with the 2 of them,” Wolff stated.
Wolff’s feedback turned the topic of debate on social media. For a big portion of followers, Wolff’s reluctance to dip into the driving force market, which may embrace four-time champion Max Verstappen, makes good sense.
“Is sensible, superb state of affairs for Toto is Kimi dominates and George hangs round. He received’t fancy one other 2016, and Max is a really costly technique to relive these years,” one fan wrote on Reddit, whereas another person posted: “He is obtained a very good first and second driver, no want to alter issues up.”
Another person wrote: “Sure, no s***. They’re each excellent drivers and have been part of Mercedes for yonks. I don’t need Kimi to depart, and I don’t need George to depart. Want individuals would rein it in a bit tbh.”
George Russell, Mercedes, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
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However others argued that whereas Wolff has dismissed the rumours for now, he has not utterly closed the door to a driver change.
“‘We’ve no plans to alter’ isn’t the identical as ‘we received’t make a change’. I’m positive they aren’t actively planning on changing Russell, but when unplanned issues occur, they nonetheless will,” one fan commented, whereas one other added: “‘We do not wish to change issues, however we’ll if a driver turns into obtainable.'”
Others echoed these opinions. “They don’t wish to change issues, however they are going to if each drivers don’t carry out,” one other fan commented. Another person posted: “Translation: So long as Max is just not obtainable, we do not wish to substitute George.”
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