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Wolff insists Verstappen phone call was friendly chat

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has denied that he complained about Max Verstappen's aggressive driving in a recent phone call to his father Jos Verstappen. Speculation in the Brazilian GP paddock suggested that Wolff had been unhappy about the way that Verstappen had banged wheels with Nico Rosberg in Mexico, in a move that could have had a dramatic impact on the title battle. In a response, it was claimed, Wolff had directly contacted Jos Verstappen to complain that it was not right that his son was taking risks while Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton were focused on the championship. But speaking in Brazil on Friday, having heard the claims, Wolff played down the matter, and clarified that their...
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