Wolff sees potential in Qatar measures: 'Love to have races like that'
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- GPblog.com
There have been several spectacular races in 2023: look, for example, at the Dutch Grand Prix, where the drivers started when it was dry, and people were already switching to intermediates at the end of lap 1. In Abu Dhabi, it was less spectacular, and with car developments over the winter, there are fears that there may be less spectacle in Formula 1. However, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff thinks it will have to wait and see, he told GPblog and others.
"I wouldn't see it negatively here in November in Abu Dhabi," Wolff said. "We must wait and see what happens in Bahrain next year, and how the season's will pan out. So, let's wait how it goes, and I think let's see how the Pirelli tyres are going to handle next year's cars."
Wolff keen to see races like Qatar
So, according to Wolff, it will have to wait until after the winter to see if there is really going to be a problem in terms of on-track spectacle. However, the Mercedes team boss does notice that something has changed since the start of the regulations in 2022: "At the end when you're looking, overtaking has got worse, and, is all about thermal management. So I'd like to have races like Qatar, where you just go flat out." By this, Wolff refers to the measures the FIA had taken in Qatar because of hairline cracks in the tyres.