{"id":287491,"date":"2023-09-04T11:49:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T11:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=287491"},"modified":"2023-09-04T11:49:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T11:49:42","slug":"mercedes-f1-boss-dismisses-max-verstappens-completely-irrelevant-win-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/mercedes-f1-boss-dismisses-max-verstappens-completely-irrelevant-win-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes F1 boss dismisses Max Verstappen's 'completely irrelevant' win record"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says he doesn\u2019t care about Max Verstappen\u2019s new Formula One<\/strong> win record, dismissing it as just a stat for \u2018Wikipedia and nobody reads that anyway\u2019.<\/p>\n

At the Italian Grand Prix over the weekend, Verstappen battled past a stubborn Carlos Sainz to claim a record-breaking 10th consecutive win, surpassing Sebastian Vettel\u2019s feat from a decade ago.<\/p>\n

With Red Bull still unbeaten after 13 races in 2023, the Dutchman is likely to extend that record even further over the coming weeks and months, with some suggesting that he can and indeed will win the remaining nine races of the season.<\/p>\n

It is by all accounts an incredible achievement, though Wolff seemed to disagree, claiming he didn\u2019t care for records and suggesting Verstappen has had an easier path to victory compared to his star driver Sir Lewis Hamilton.<\/p>\n

\u2018I don\u2019t know if he [Verstappen] cares about the records,\u2019 Wolff told Sky Sports after Sunday\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

\u2018It is not something that would be important for me, those numbers, it is for Wikipedia and nobody reads that anyway.<\/p>\n

\u2018Our situation was a little bit different because we had two guys fighting against each other within the team,\u2019 referring to the rivalry between Hamilton and Nico Rosberg from 2014 to 2016 when Mercedes were at their most domianant.<\/p>\n

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\u2018For me, these kinds of records are completely irrelevant. They were irrelevant in our good days at Mercedes.<\/p>\n

\u2018I don\u2019t know how many races we won in a row. [I] didn\u2019t even know there was a count.<\/p>\n

Wolff did later admit that Verstappen\u2019s success, \u2018shows a great driver in a great car competing at an extremely high level. By the way, that record, I would think it\u2019s a good one, because it\u2019s perfection.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Upon equalling Vettel\u2019s record at the Dutch Grand Prix in August, Verstappen said that he was not thinking too much about breaking records, but at Monza he was clearly delighted to have a new entry in the history books.<\/p>\n

\u2018Of course it\u2019s something you don\u2019t expect to happen. I never thought at the beginning of the season that something like this was possible,\u2019 the 25-year-old said.<\/p>\n

\u2018So I\u2019m just very proud, but also just very happy with the race in general. I\u2019m very proud also of the whole team effort, the whole year already.<\/p>\n

\u2018What we are doing at the moment winning every race this year is something that we definitely are enjoying, because I don\u2019t think these kind of seasons come around very often, and that\u2019s the same of course as winning 10 in a row.\u2019<\/p>\n

Verstappen\u2019s first opportunity to extend his record to 11 consecutive wins will be at the Singapore Grand Prix \u2013 a race he has never won before \u2013 on 17th September.<\/p>\n

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