{"id":294294,"date":"2023-11-05T20:24:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T20:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=294294"},"modified":"2023-11-05T20:24:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T20:24:00","slug":"toto-wolff-brands-brazilian-gp-result-inexcusable-as-mercedes-boss-blasts-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/toto-wolff-brands-brazilian-gp-result-inexcusable-as-mercedes-boss-blasts-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Toto Wolff brands Brazilian GP result ‘inexcusable’ as Mercedes boss blasts car"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Toto Wolff has labelled Mercedes’ performance at the Brazilian Grand Prix as ‘inexcusable’ following a miserable outing at Interlagos. Lewis Hamilton finished down in P8, while George Russell was forced to retire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Silver Arrows were the fastest team at Interlagos last season with George Russell matching his sprint race victory with a first-ever Grand Prix win. 2023, however, offered a much more testing weekend for Mercedes.<\/p>\n

Wolff and the team knew that a difficult Grand Prix was in store following a troubling performance during Saturday’s sprint race, but the race pace over 71 laps proved even more concerning than first feared.<\/p>\n

Hamilton had climbed up to third on the road after the red flag restart, but quickly dropped out of the podium positions following an ambitious move from Fernando Alonso.<\/p>\n

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Assessing the team’s toughest weekend of the season, Wolff told Sky Sports F1<\/em>: “Inexcusable performance. There\u2019s even no words for that.<\/p>\n

“That car finished second last week and the week before, and whatever we did to it was horrible. Lewis survived out there, but George, I can only feel for the two driving such a miserable thing.<\/p>\n

“It shows how difficult the car is, it\u2019s on a knife\u2019s edge. You\u2019ve got to develop that better for next year because it can\u2019t be that within seven days you\u2019re finishing on the podium, solid, with one of the two quickest cars, and then you\u2019re nowhere and finishing eighth.”<\/p>\n

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