Formula 1 News: Verstappen mocks sore loser Toto Wolff

After the Italian GP, where Max Verstappen won his record 10th straight F1 race, Toto Wolff described the record as completely irrelevant and for Wikipedia.

–by Mark Cipolloni–

In the Thursday Press Conference ahead of the Singapore GP, Verstappen was asked if Wolff’s comments disappointed him.

“Well, I’m not disappointed in that. But they had a pretty shit race, so probably he was still pissed off with their performance,” smiled Verstappen as if to mock the sore loser.

Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing attends the Drivers Press Conference during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore at Marina Bay Street Circuit on September 14, 2023 in Singapore, Singapore. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) // Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool — A smile to mock sore loser Toto Wolff. Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing attends the Driver’s Press Conference ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore at Marina Bay Street Circuit on September 14, 2023 in Singapore, Singapore. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) // Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool

“He almost sounds like he’s an employee of our team sometimes.

“But no, luckily not. I think it’s just important that you [take the high road] focus on your own team. That’s what we do as well.

“That’s what we did in the past as well, when we were behind them and when they were dominating, and I think you should be able to appreciate when a team is doing really well, which I think we’ve done in the past because it worked also as a kind of inspiration.

“You know to see someone that dominant, it was very impressive at the time, and we knew that we just had to work harder, try to be better and try to get to that level.

“And now that we are there, we are very happy of course that we are there, and we are enjoying the moment [kicking Mercedes’ posterior week in and week out] and honestly, that’s all I can say about it.”