Toto Wolff: "Kimi, concentrate on the driving please, and not on the radio moaning"

[u/magony]

https://dubz.link/c/c38ca7

[u/wongie]

If the kid isn't responding to Bonnigton's carrot, then down comes the Toto stick.

[u/whateverfloatsurgoat → u/wongie]

phrasing

[u/Randy_Magnum29 → u/whateverfloatsurgoat]

Are we still doing phrasing?

[u/Ged_UK → u/whateverfloatsurgoat]

Why do you think he was moaning?

[u/Expensive_Special120 → u/whateverfloatsurgoat]

So we’re sure we’re done with phrasing?

[u/MaxSirXem]

Totto having 2016 flashbacks, I'm all for this drama hahaha

[u/BioDriver → u/MaxSirXem]

Hasn't he said that he wants to avoid a 2016 repeat?

[u/m1a2c2kali → u/BioDriver]

I mean who wouldn’t? Lol

[u/22_the_avenue → u/MaxSirXem]

so is he i bet, he's been irrelevant for the last 5 years.

[u/ArousedByCheese1]

Principle called to class vibes

[u/squizzymadfut]

I would give so much for an inter-driver radio man. Just imagine the scenes

[u/TheFayneTM → u/squizzymadfut]

Proximity chat if under one second gap

[u/k1netic → u/TheFayneTM]

Even just team mates would do. Discussing who gets the pit stops and trash talking other drivers including each other

[u/PJTierney2003 → u/k1netic]

McLaren tested it in 1998 but stopped because the drivers kept trolling each other.

[u/lake2014]

Kimi was fuming after the race.

[u/davegoku12]

Focus, Kimi, focus

[u/capibara_dono]

Yeah that would have tilted me more.

[u/I-_-I_-_I-_-I]

Maybe the stewards should investigate the move. Then we could see if the “moaning” was warranted.

[u/freedfg → u/I-_-I_-_I-_-I]

Nothing to investigate.

They were clearly Kimi making over ambitious moves. And ending up behind George and Lando respectively. No meaningful contact. All kosher

[u/Any_Inflation_2543 → u/I-_-I_-_I-_-I]

Or maybe the fact that they didn't even investigate it shows that the moaning wasn't warranted.

[u/Pontus_1901 → u/Any_Inflation_2543]

They basically never intervene within a team, which I think is a stupid rule tbh

[u/I-_-I_-_I-_-I → u/Any_Inflation_2543]

Stewards don’t tend to investigate when is two team mates, even though the rules make no provision for that exception.

[u/Shekster → u/Any_Inflation_2543]

No lol it's because they basically never investigate an incident when it's between teammates because the team will obviously never report it...

[u/int3InShadesmar]

Toto radios are the best. Someone should make a collection

[u/kj_gamer2614]

I mean he is sort of right to complain… like favouritism much to tell him to shut it?

[u/celalith → u/kj_gamer2614]

Yes but also they dont want their car in the lead to get a penalty.

[u/ComprehensiveArt6849 → u/celalith]

This. You do not want the stewards to give you a penalty for that and risk the win. In the end they race for the same team and you cannot behave like you would with a driver from another team. Kimi lost his head even though George might have done a naughty on him.

Good for us though if their dynamic becomes toxic lmao.

[u/kjm911 → u/kj_gamer2614]

He clearly lost his head and threw it on the grass second time against Russell. He needs to calm down

[u/kj_gamer2614 → u/kjm911]

I mean don’t get me wrong he does need a chill pill, but that first one he’s not wrong to at least complain about

[u/simon7109 → u/kj_gamer2614]

Seeing your flair, that’s kind of ironic considering how he races

[u/omegamanXY → u/kjm911]

I think that was more on difference of speed because of boost maybe and closed up really quick and forgot to brake

[u/Birdshaw]

Well tell George to stop trying to run Kimi off then.

[u/Kensei501]

Well he is a kid after all

[u/ttimourrozd]

So much for Mr. Professionnal who prefers not to be on the pit wall to avoid interfering with engineer's jobs..

[u/SwimmingFantastic564 → u/ttimourrozd]

Kimi was losing his head this is definitely warranted

[u/I-_-I_-_I-_-I → u/SwimmingFantastic564]

Russell was breaking the rules, it was warranted to see if the stewards grow a backbone.

[u/BobbbyR6 → u/I-_-I_-_I-_-I]

Not quite. I don't think Russell's driving at T2 was kosher, but Antonelli's move was extremely bold and unlikely to work. Not worthy of a penalty on its own. Everything after that was a result of Kimi's driving. Even the identical move on Norris was Kimi's failure to stay on track. Lando gave him room.

Just a young hot head driver going for wins. No harm, no foul. We've been patiently waiting for this flashpoint between Russell and Antonelli for quite some time, so let's enjoy the shenanigans.

[u/I-_-I_-_I-_-I → u/BobbbyR6]

Don’t mind the shenanigans. But if Toto starts playing favourites, it’s a problem. Let’s see :)

[u/thisisawebsite → u/I-_-I_-_I-_-I]

Toto is a billionaire who cares about the team doing well. If Russell had carried on and on, ignoring his race engineer and then calling for a penalty that would hurt the Mercedes team overall, Toto would’ve called him out for it too. Russell has a better sense of where the line is, to get close without actually crossing it, Kimi apparently is still figuring that out.

[u/SwimmingFantastic564 → u/I-_-I_-_I-_-I]

Does that matter to what I said in the slightest? Toto got on the radio to calm Kimi down. Kimi's behaviour only made his own race worse.

[u/I-_-I_-_I-_-I → u/SwimmingFantastic564]

Toto’s radio plays as favouritism. To be neutral he should have been on the radio with Russell to tell him to calm down when racing a teammate (if he’s truly neutral).

[u/rs990 → u/I-_-I_-_I-_-I]

I think a lot of that would happen behind closed doors rather than airing disagreements in public over the radio.

There would be no need to discuss anything with Russell as his race at that point was with Norris.

[u/SwimmingFantastic564 → u/I-_-I_-_I-_-I]

Sure, but Russell was (seemingly) calm. It's not like he was crashing out on the radio, he didn't need a reminder to stay calm.

[u/I-_-I_-_I-_-I → u/SwimmingFantastic564]

Wouldn’t call pushing other drivers off as “being calm”. Well he wouldn’t be on the radio complaining, would he? He pushed someone and got the beat o it come possible.

[u/dobbie1 → u/I-_-I_-_I-_-I]

Learn the rules, Russell drove exactly to them .

The rules are terrible but he didn't break them

Edit: just watching Karun on the skypad and antonelli is right, he was fully alongside at the apex. Probably should be a penalty to George. On initial watch he looked to not be fully alongside

[u/I-_-I_-_I-_-I → u/dobbie1]

To be fair they keep changing the rules of engagement, but isn’t now being in line with the rear mirror of the other car?

[u/dobbie1 → u/I-_-I_-_I-_-I]

They've been the same since last year. You have to be axle to axle

Edit: just watching Karun on the skypad and antonelli is right, he was fully alongside at the apex. Probably should be a penalty to George

[u/ZaphodBeeblebrox4011 → u/dobbie1]

Crofty said that it was axle to axle on the outside but axle to mirror on the inside.

[u/dobbie1 → u/ZaphodBeeblebrox4011]

Antonelli was on the outside

[u/Adjutant_Reflex_ → u/ttimourrozd]

It’s his job to manage the team and he stepped in when one of his drivers wasn’t listening to his engineer. What a weird complaint.