Agitated Wolff provides further thoughts about 'inexplicable' stewards call
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Toto Wolff didn't want to comment on the penalty Lando Norris received and said he "needed to hold himself" when speaking in the paddock after the United States Grand Prix. The Mercedes boss previously questioned whether the stewards were being biased in their decision-making.
Norris and Verstappen engaged in a multi-lap duel in the closing stages of the United States Grand Prix. On lap 52, Norris actually overtook Verstappen but did so off the circuit. McLaren didn't feel the need to give the place back to Verstappen, but the stewards handed out a penalty. George Russell picked up a penalty earlier in the race for forcing Valtteri Bottas off the track.
What does Wolff think about the stewards?
"I think the stewards are in a really difficult situation. There's always going to be one that's happy and the other one unhappy. But we need to try to understand whether there are certain patterns in stewarding decisions and whether that correlates to some of the situations. Everybody's racing hard, but for me the decision against George was inexplicable," Wolff said, continuing his disagreement.
"We've seen plenty of these situations in turn 12. None of them was penalised until George, and then obviously there was another one. But the whole weekend until then it wasn't. And I don't want to comment on the Max/Lando situation because it's not my race. I think Zak and Andrea are going to look at that. And everybody's giving their best. I need to hold myself back here," he concluded.