Toto Wolff: Hamilton and Bottas "like Yin and Yang"

Toto Wolff was very stressed when Lewis Hamilton still had Nico Rosberg as a team-mate. What began as a childhood friendship turned into an event called "Star Wars" and the motor racing boss was not forced to intervene admonently when his two protégés again became too close . He is happy that these times are over and that he is now much easier with Valtteri Bottas.

"Compared to the past, it's Alice in Wonderland," Wolff told Sky Sports F1, describing Hamilton and Bottas as "Yin and Yang." "There is no problem with the debriefing, there is no politics – everything is happening on the track," said the Austrian, but he does not want to know that as a tip against Nico Rosberg. "I do not say that negatively, because every driver has his own way to succeed," Wolff said.

And while it sounds so easy, the motorsport boss has had to survive tough times this season. First, there is Sochi, Bottas had to give up his chance to win the race in favor of the ambitions of his teammate at the world championship. Recently, Esteban Ocon even accused Wolff of being a psychologist because he cared so much about him. Similar qualities could also be sought by Bottas, who has not yet won the win of the season.

"I have the impression that in recent years, more than anything, I have become a psychologist because it's about making the most of his people," agrees Wolff. "I like this job and Valtteri is in a very difficult position because you want to race, you want to sit in the car, and it looks like it's not running, so I was looking for an approach positive. "

The handcuffs of the order of the stables that you have now "thrown in the water". Bottas could now get his victory, that he was going to go to Sochi. However, Hamilton does not give him a gift, as Wolff points out: "Lewis wants to win as many races and world championships as possible – no driver wants to win, Valtteri must win it himself – and that's fine as well. "

The Austrian sees the blocking point in the race in Baku, as Bottas in the lead shortly before the end suffered a puncture. The season might have been different if the Finn had won: "Yes, so Valtteri would have a race at 25 points, and we would probably already have the Constructors World Cup in our pockets," said Wolff. "He would have been lucky enough to win the title, and of course, it would have been very difficult to say: You have to drive for the other driver now, it will not work that way."

This article was written by Norman Fischer