F1 News Mercedes boss jokes about having sandbagged until securing 2022 F1 Hungarian GP pole position
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We think Toto enjoyed that! The Mercedes team principal then joked about having hidden his team's true performance until the impending summer break, saying: “We just said we need to write down everything we did this morning, including the food and drinks we drank in order to replicate so we will take it...We knew we wanted to play it easy until the summer break.” On a more serious note, the Austrian expressed his hopes of fighting it out at the front soon. He said: “The truth is we saw it from the beginning of Qualifying that our tyres were in the right window and the car was balanced. They drove it really well then gained confidence from run to run and this was the result. That is a solid result, we were always off the pace on a single lap and now we are on pole so let’s see what we can do tomorrow. If we have the pace then I feel like we are in the fun and games at the front again.” Russell's pole position performance will surely come as an impetus to the Silver Arrows team to get ahead of its woes this season. Its performance on race day, however, would be a true measure of its improvements so far.
We wanted to play it easy until the summer break - Mercedes boss jokes about having sandbagged until securing 2022 F1 Hungarian GP pole position
Mercedes GP Executive Director Toto Wolff walks in the Paddock before practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring on July 29, 2022, in Budapest, Hungary (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images) Mercedes boss Toto Wolff was a happy man today after his driver for the 2022 F1 Hungarian GP. Russell beat the Ferrari duo of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc to take the position up front with a time of 1:17.377. Meanwhile, his veteran teammate could only muster P7 for tomorrow's race. YESSSS GEORGE!!!!! AMAZING!!! POLE POSITION IN HUNGARYYESSSS GEORGE!!!!! AMAZING!!! POLE POSITION IN HUNGARY Following his team's performance, Wolff was invited to a discussion with the Sky Sports F1 team, where he began by taking a sly dig at the commentators. He said: “First of all, I am glad that I am invited again here. You only take the winners so you (are) opportunistic guys.” We think Toto enjoyed that!We think Toto enjoyed that! The Mercedes team principal then joked about having hidden his team's true performance until the impending summer break, saying: “We just said we need to write down everything we did this morning, including the food and drinks we drank in order to replicate so we will take it...We knew we wanted to play it easy until the summer break.” On a more serious note, the Austrian expressed his hopes of fighting it out at the front soon. He said: “The truth is we saw it from the beginning of Qualifying that our tyres were in the right window and the car was balanced. They drove it really well then gained confidence from run to run and this was the result. That is a solid result, we were always off the pace on a single lap and now we are on pole so let’s see what we can do tomorrow. If we have the pace then I feel like we are in the fun and games at the front again.” Russell's pole position performance will surely come as an impetus to the Silver Arrows team to get ahead of its woes this season. Its performance on race day, however, would be a true measure of its improvements so far.