There has been a lot of fuss recently about the booing during
Formula 1 Grands Prix. It also seems that cheering at crashes is becoming more common, something that
Toto Wolff would like to see disappear from the sport.
Max Verstappen could expect a lot of boos from the British fans when he spoke at Silverstone a week ago. The Dutch fans reacted to that on Friday when
Lewis Hamilton parked his
Mercedes in the wall in qualifying in Austria. Wolff thinks booing is a bad development.
Wolff speaks up for all drivers
"Booing is not right in any sport," Wolff is quoted by
FormulaPassion.it as saying in the press conference.
"We teams fight, but booing is a personal attack on the driver." Yesterday Mercedes drivers were the target after both Hamilton and
George Russell crashed in qualifying.
Wolff also disapproves of the booing of Verstappen. "We heard them at Silverstone too and they were not good," says the Austrian about it. Wolff says passion in the sport is good, but that it is important that it remains sporting.