Wolff: “The ending with the Safety Car? These are the rules and sometimes they don’t give the most exciting ending possible”

The words of the Mercedes team principal At Silverstone it seemed we were heading towards an adrenaline-filled GP finale in which the drivers would have had one lap available under the green flag regime, but when everything seemed ‘set’ for the final boarding the Safety Car did not take the pit road, effectively freezing the positions. The race ended under the Safety Car and Toto Wolff underlined that it was right that it happened this way. This time the regulation was not applied in a ‘freestyle’ manner as happened in Abu Dhabi in 2021 when the race director was Michael Masi. “It’s good that the regulations were followed – Wolff said to Sky – it’s good that the FIA ​​made this decision, because these are the rules and we’re taking this second place. I know that it’s nicer for those who watch the races to perhaps witness a huge ‘casino’, but sometimes the rules don’t give the most exciting ending possible.” In the event of a restart, George Russell would have had to defend second position with ‘used’ medium tires from a Hamilton equipped with new soft tires like the pacesetter Charles Leclerc.

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2026-07-06 06:00:00