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Wolff clarifies ‘sensational wingman' comments
Toto Wolff insists his comment calling Valtteri Bottas a 'sensational wingman' were meant just for Hungary, not the championship as a whole. Following Lewis Hamilton's victory in Sunday's Hungarian GP, a race in which his team-mate spent many a lap keeping the Ferraris at bay while Hamilton built up a lead, Wolff praised the Finnish driver. However, in doing so, he called him a 'sensational wingman.' Bottas was not happy, saying being called a wingman 'hurts.' Wolff has since clarified what he meant. 'That's exactly why things that are not being discussed directly face-to-face are being completely spun out of control in the wrong way,' the Mercedes motorsport boss told Autosport. 'In...
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