Yesterday at 08:20
Toto Wolff has highlighted what he believes is a major difference
between current F1 title contenders Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri
compared to the Lewis Hamilton-Nico Rosberg feuds. For the first
time since Hamilton and Rosberg fought for the 2016 title, a pair
of team-mates are battling for the F1 drivers' title, with
McLaren's Piastri leading by 31 points from Norris with eight
grands prix remaining. Both are seeking a maiden F1 title, with
the fight being relatively clean thus far, with the only flashpoint
being Norris taking himself out of the Canadian GP after colliding
with Piastri. Hamilton-Rosberg is often described as one of the
fiercest intra-team battles in F1 history, but Wolff believes the
situation Zak Brown and Andrea Stella face at McLaren is "very
different." "We had two different animals in the car, in Lewis and
Nico," Wolff told media, including RacingNews365. "They were two
assassins, maybe assassins is not the right word, but they were two
fierce combatants that took no prisoners, racing against each other
at times. "It was very difficult to manage, but I don't see that
at McLaren. "First of all, where it was difficult for us in 2016
was that they were there for a long time, Lewis was a world
champion, and it was two lions in the car that went at each other's
throats, that is very different today."
