Toto Wolff denies Mercedes could punish Hamilton for not letting Rosberg pass

the mercedes will not take action towards Lewis Hamilton for not letting Nico Rosberg pass in the Hungarian Grand Prix. This is what Toto Wolff recently declared, admitting that the Briton, despite the order received via radio, will not suffer any type of punishment. Although he prefers not to show it too much, Nico Rosberg is furious and convinced that Hamilton's blunder may have earned him the victory in the race. Niki Lauda, ​​the main supporter of the agreement that brought the Englishman to Stuttgart, is completely different and underlined how Lewis simply behaved as any other driver would have done.

The consolidated position in the Drivers' and Manufacturers' World Championships seems to be starting to go narrow to the two standard-bearers of the Silver Arrows, who returned to the eye of the storm after the skirmishes in Barcelona and Monte Carlo. “Something like this won't happen again, we are adults and next time we should behave ourselves a better way – Wolff confided to the newspaper Der Spiegel – When two teammates become the biggest rivals in the championship it is normal that every decision made for one or the other automatically triggers a controversy. The message we gave to Lewis was probably wrong but when you're under pressure it's difficult to make the right decision."

Also on Lauda's philosophical line is Christian Horner, Red Bull team principal who, satisfied with Daniel Ricciardo's victory in Hungary, spoke about what happened at Mercedes, underlining how Hamilton was right not to respect the team's wishes. “You can understand why Lewis acted in this way and it is comprensible because he was also fighting Nico. I don't think it's difficult to understand Hamilton's point of view."

Eleonora Ottonello