🗣️ 'He's just driving circles around everybody else on merit' Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says Max Verstappen has every right to be 'a bit cheeky' based on his level of dominance in F1 ⬇️
Max Verstappen has every reason to be"a bit cheeky" based on his level of dominance in Formula 1, reckons Mercedes boss Toto Wolff.last weekend, he joked with his Red Bull team that he had such a lead over the opposition that he might make an extra stop just to give his mechanics some extra pit stop practice.that his request was refused because of the risk of something going wrong with the stop and leaving the team with"egg on its face".
Verstappen’s joke about making an extra stop prompted some to suggest that he could be getting a bit cocky in his attitude, having won nine of the 12 races held so far this season.Wolff said: “He has all the reasons to be a bit cheeky. He’s just driving circles around everybody else on merit, and there’s nothing else to say about that. You’ve got to watch that on one hand, as much as it is annoying.
“It would have been a fantastic season and close racing [without Verstappen] but the stopwatch never lies. There is just one guy and one car that is above everything else, and we’ve just got to catch up. There is no choice.”