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‘Odds are still against us’ in F1 title battle – Wolff

by Phillip Horton
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‘Odds are still against us’ in F1 title battle – Wolff

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W12. Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Friday 3rd December 2021. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has outlined that “the odds are against us” in Formula 1’s title battle with two races remaining in 2021.

The momentum has ebbed and flowed between Mercedes and Red Bull Racing through the course of an engrossing 2021 campaign.

Max Verstappen enters the penultimate round ahead in the standings though his advantage has been trimmed to eight points following Lewis Hamilton’s back-to-back wins in Brazil and Qatar.

“I think for us it’s very simple, because we are eight points behind we need to bring every single weekend – like in Brazil and in Qatar – our A-game,” said Wolff.

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“Only if we do that we have a chance to win the championship. All is very much to play but on a pure paper form the odds are against us.

“I’m a finance person and therefore probabilities is what I have always worked with, the basis of how I work, and the probabilities are the odds are against us. It’s very simple. We need to win both races. This is the simplified summary.”

Wolff nonetheless asserted that the title is “still in our hands” and that the picture for the team is rosier than after Verstappen’s win in Mexico, which he says left the team facing a “grim outlook.”

“Winning a race is not only down to the fastest car and fastest driver but also reliability has a massive influence and therefore that is just the essence of motor racing,” Wolff said.

“But in summary we have never imagined we would be even playing for the championship at that stage of the season.

“We had two fantastic race weekends and we just need to have more in order to fight for the championship.”

Hamilton was fastest in both practice sessions on Friday at the new Jeddah Corniche Circuit.

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  1. Dami says:
    1 year ago

    More Wolff bullshit. Mercedes have the fastest car and yet even so Red Bull would have won the titles by now but for the violent cheating by the Mercedes drivers, Hamilton ramming Verstappen off at Silverstone, then Bottas taking out both Red Bulls at the next race, not only costing them points in those races but necessitating them to take penalties at subsequent events due to engine damage incurred in the crashes. When Wolff talks about reliability, it is Honda who have had that this season, except when Mercedes have deliberately crashed into them. Without all the new engines they’ve taken Mercedes would be miles behind. If Hamilton and Mercedes manage to steal the titles they would be sullied victories. Red Bull may end up not winning the titles, but they’ve earned them and they deserve to win them.

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