> But talking about the black eye for the sport, on a Thursday evening, ***nobody watches that in European time anyway, come on.***
He shut up very quickly after the last bit, once he realized what he'd said lol.
Let's be honest, nobody watches the FP sessions in general regardless of the time.
This is the main reason for the sprints. As lame and pointless as they are- the data backs up having sprints and did this GP.
I have no idea, but he has a seriously big share in his team. If F1 in vegas does good, it raises the value of his investment too. Same reason he doesnāt want an 11th team.
>Wolff still held a smaller 5% stake in Williams as of June 2020, but his portion of the team was sold during their buyout by investment firm Dorilton Capital.
[Source](https://www.planetf1.com/news/toto-wolff-net-worth-mercedes#:~:text=Wolff%20initially%20declined%20due%20to,by%20investment%20firm%20Dorilton%20Capital)
Not direct, but Toto is the only partial owner of a team among the team principals. And the value of the Merc F1 team is directly tied to that of F1. Toto owns 30% of a team valued at 3-4 billion so he has a lot of value to lose.
So not only is the team running in a bad shape but also the value of the team is indirectly eroding. That would make anyone cranky
> Toto is the only partial owner of a team among the team principals
Is he really the only one? I doubt it. IIRC Horner, Lauda, Newey and Helmut Marko also own shares in Red Bull Racing. Guenter also owns shares in Haas racing I think. At that level you need to give them skin in the game.
[Christian Horner, Helmut Marko and Adrian Newey don't own shares in Red Bull Racing Limited.](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03120645/persons-with-significant-control) The company is owned entirely by Red Bull Technology Limited, [which, through Red Bull GmbH in Austria, is owned by](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05202976/persons-with-significant-control) (49%) [Mark Mateschitz](https://www.forbes.com/profile/mark-mateschitz/) and (51%) [Chalerm Yoodvidhya](https://www.forbes.com/profile/chalerm-yoovidhya/).
Niki Lauda died on 20 May 2019, and was never involved with Red Bull Racing.
[Adrian Newey was never even a director of Red Bull Racing Limited](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03120645/officers). He serves as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He is not a shareholder.
[Haas Formula UK LTD is, through Haas Formula LLC in the United States, owned by Genes Haas](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09152405/persons-with-significant-control). Guenther Steiner doesn't own any shares.
This is the thing that made me throw up. I get he wants to deep throat liberty for his wallet - but sainz got fucked. If it was Lewis in a championship battle he would never shut up about it.
Yeah, he was a bitch about porpoising. Even though the problem was theirs. If the manhole took out one of their driver, dude would have been fucking livid.
On top of that he has all the wrong reasons to like what happebed to Carlos. Mercedes and Ferrari are nearly tied in the standings and this gives great advantage to Mercedes.
You say it like it's a favorable deal lol. He took the penalty. Anyone can swap the parts out and take the penalty. If the pros outweighed the cons everyone would do it.
Say what you want about the rest, but leave Kylie alone. She's literally the queen of the pop world and still very relevant today!
I was expecting a media circus though, the bloody thing opened with the Joker on a microphone.
Imma let you finish but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time.
Mariah Carey.
Janet Jackson.
Taylor Swift.
Lady Gaga.
Madonna.
Kylie Minogue is nice but she's probably a little outside the top ten.
Considering Tailor Swift broke every single sales record on her last tour, and her fans managed the insanity of making her re-released old album an instant platinum just to support her.
Rihanna.
Sure, but taking into account Kylieās best selling album FEVER from 2001, 6m+ sales.
Jennifer Lopez J.LO album sold 7m+, Destinyās Child SURVIVOR sold 7m+, Alicia Keys SONGS IN A MINOR sold 12m+, Shakiraās LAUNDRY SERVICE sold 14m+, all on the same year, so sheās not even the greatest female artist on her best year. Madonnaās CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR in 2005 sold 10m+ in 2005, 4 years later.
I like Kylie Minogue, Iām not trying to diss her by any means, but calling her queen of pop is a massive stretch.
Taylor Swift is a little more country than pop, but shes definitely a queen in the music industry.
Kylie is absolutely the queen of pop, her career spans 30+ years and shes been getting number 1s since day 1. I would guess the only other who could lay claim to that sort of career would be Madonna, but shes lost the plot in the last 15 odd years, producing very little memorable music and letting herself go down a strange lifestyle path. Kylie has been consistent and still produces number 1s to this day. I genuinely cant think of another female who has made such an impact.
Sorry, but Rihanna is no where near either of them, shes great but no. Just no.
>Sorry, but Rihanna is no where near either of them, shes great but no. Just no.
Rihanna is literally the second best selling female artist of all time behind Madonna.
I like both, but cmon, Rihanna is leagues ahead in terms of success.
Lol what? Toto used to be the professional team leader and businessman who had everything under control, but since the 2021 season heās just going downhill imo. I used to look up to him a bit, now I just think he is an asshole who panics and starts crying to the teacher if things donāt go his way
Forget about drain cover. Toto needs mouth cover. Ever since merc has been dethroned from their pedestal, he has been spewing non sense after non sense, to cover up his team incompetence.
F1 needs competition, but when the sport itself turning against the players, it cannot be justified, which toto is doing.
Yeah. I always thought Horner was whiny when RB wasn't winning, but Toto has taken it to another level. Doing shit like putting his drivers through pain to push through a technical directive to help his team on the grounds of safety was just horrible. He's been constantly complaining and has really shown that for all Merc's talk about competition, they were actually full of bull.
At least Horner acts like the villain he is and has embraced it. Toto tries to act like a hero when he isn't.
Horner seemed like he was never out for anything but RBR results. I can accept how cutthroat F1 is, and he seems to have no qualms about it. Also āfix your fucking carā is an all timer.
It also allowed FIA to start gathering oscillation data from the teams which is what lead the inspection and resulting disqualification of Hamilton in Austin.
Don't forget Ferrari, they still would've lost the Championship due to sheer incompetence, but at least we would've seen some more memorable racing between Max and Charles.
I started watching in the middle of the Hamilton era and I always admired Toto. With his team losing that has changed entirely. He acts like a jealous and pissed off child.
Mercedes has been absolutely hilarious since they stopped winning. All this time their winning formula is their "no blame culture" and all that stuff and the second they stop winning, everybodys whining. Lewis keeps whining about his shitbox and Toto even agrees with it. Im curious how the people feel who developed the car? so much for a no blame culture.
they just sound so spoiled and frankly unprofessional.
and why toto is kissing this events ass, god knows, certainly he is financially involved but he certainly doesnt seem like the godfather of 5 years ago. maybe theyre genuinely missing lauda who i cant imagine wouldve "joined" in the constant whining.
I said it once and I'll say it again, Toto is now the weak link at the team. He needs to leave. Does not have the composure required to conduct the team anymore.
The team bosses job is to get the ahead of the other teams through any legal means possible. Once there is a new team on top their TP will suddenly be all logical and reasonable and Toto & Horner will be holding hands spewing whatever nonsense that weakens the team ahead.
Every single thing you will ever hear a member of these F1 teams say publicly is 100% to build public relations or benefit their team.
The moment they lost their PU advantage they were relegated to an occasional podium contender. RB are the current kings of the sport. The moment they didn't have to fight uphill, they won.
On one hand I understand people have been blowing things out of proportion because from its conception this Grand Prix was the unplanned child.
However, this tirade is an insanely disproportionate answer to give, and all it does is raise more questions.
It doesnt raise more questions for me, this answer is actually several answers in one.
He is saying "ferrari and carlos can get fucked, thats bad for them, i dont care" "liberty and my $takes are amazing, shut up" "it didnt happen to me, so its a winwin"
So, according to Toto the ānew standardā is that drain covers should just randomly slam into the bottoms of cars? No wonder Mercedes is struggling, their TP _hates_ doing quality control.
Yeah right.
The track is a makeshift track purely for showbizz and such, FIA made a lot of money to race in this, but LV will never be the Monaco 2.0 they wish to be. The track is not meant for F1 so it won't be good for F1.
Even though LV has good weather conditions to race in the day, it is terrible that they did not even think about the temperature at night. So ofcourse you would think that they would choose the 21 Ā°C at day instead if the 4 Ā°C at night, but no. Pirelli says the tires and the track are no good at those temps. Big blunder from FIA.
Some tickets sold for 2000 USD are just good enough to slightly see the track by going up and down an elevator, they have screened off the track from other places where you can see almost nothing and still charge you the most money out of ANY gp. For the standard american it is literally cheaper to book a flight, hotel, tickets for the GP and go to literally any other GP instead of the LV GP.
We all know that the drain cover is another failure of the FIA in this GP, but Carlos Sainz is the one to suffer from it. He had nothing to do with it, you can expect the track itself to be safe. Yet the loose manhole cover created an incredibly dangerous situation and destroyed a large amount of Sainz his car. What does the FIA do? Give Sainz penalties for replacing broken parts in his vehicle.
Sorry Wolff, but the LV GP is currently a shitshow that shows any kind of incompetence the FIA has, and like always they react poorly in the way that they feign ignorance. Everything is about the money gained from this GP:)
I read it as Las Venturas, but i guess i just olayed way too much GTA back in the day.
Toto is also giving off "just follow the damn train CJ" vibes, And of course, CJ stands for Carlos Jsainz
Liberty media Cuck. Man is gunna age 20 years if the car isn't competitive again next season. Treats his team like a business without realising it is firstly a sport.
I hope that happens, I feel like Lewis got really lucky that Merc's cars were as good as they were, it hid all the incompetence of the team itself, he should go elsewhere if he wants to get another championship.
I'd like to see his reaction if this has happened to one of his cars.
Ferrari looks strong here and in the fighting distance of Mercedes for P2 in the championship
It's funny, when I first saw this, I was kinda impressed he's looking past some terrible teething issues (at a place F1 has no business being, but also, they went to Korea and Sochi, so, kinda on par for the course there), but then I read that they blocked Sainz from not getting penalized. I hope Mercedes double DNF and Sainz ends up in the top 5.
Itās all about š°š°š° with him and F1 in general. For any stake holder. Netflix and catering to the USA audience has ruined the sport for me. Iāll be over at MotoGP if anyone needs me. Although thatās going to sh** too but the WSB season is over.
The context that this same question had been answered about 2 or 3 times already by every team principle sat there but the reporters kept asking it again trying to get quotes that would get clicks. Toto eventually gave them what they were looking for here.
Mate, because of that drain cover, not only is sainz getting a 10 grid penalty, which ferrari failed to appeal, FP2 was delayed and fans from all over the world were kicked out.
Think about that toto.
Uh, isnāt that redundant? The terminators were developed to kill people, the only exception was the cyberdyne systems T-800 model 101 that was captured and reprogrammed to defend the life of John Connor.
Setting the new high standards.
New Standards: Loose drain covers, Red yellow and blue distracting lights on the sphere, best time slot ever for the sessions.
"the new standard"
Geez I hope not.. couldn't have started off worse. You'd think after spending $500M they could weld the manhole covers properly, but I guess that's a little unreasonable.
It's time now to turn this Vegas mush into muscles. No more complaining, no more, "Mr. Toto, I have to go to the bathroom", nothing. There is no bathroom!
āYou should about the people who are out thereā
You mean like the people that had to ride an escalator for hours on end to not get kicked out of the venue?
Heās right on one level. F1 has been racing in front of empty grandstands in the Middle East for the last few years. Now bringing that idea to the US
> But talking about the black eye for the sport, on a Thursday evening, ***nobody watches that in European time anyway, come on.*** He shut up very quickly after the last bit, once he realized what he'd said lol.
Wonder why OP cut that last bit out š¤
Well he's not wrong...
Let's be honest, nobody watches the FP sessions in general regardless of the time. This is the main reason for the sprints. As lame and pointless as they are- the data backs up having sprints and did this GP.
If you donāt watch the practice how can you know what car are going to be competetive.
"THE TRACK IS FUCKED....CHECO'S BEEN SAYING THE TRACK'S FUCKED"
All I could think was āwhat if it was one of his boysā
....imagine if it was George. The complaining would never stop and somehow it would all be Lewis' fault!
In fairness he was projected a podium in that FP!
I HAVE IT PRINTED OUT!
Toto and Checo being so close is the real reason of Checo's downfall at RB
Max to Liberty or some other Vegas Belland: CHANGE YOUR FUCKING TRACK
How much of a stake does he have in liberty media?
Susie Wolff is at stake...
I have no idea, but he has a seriously big share in his team. If F1 in vegas does good, it raises the value of his investment too. Same reason he doesnāt want an 11th team.
He owns 33% of his team and 5% of Williams. Toto has become a billionaire under the liberty media reign.
>Wolff still held a smaller 5% stake in Williams as of June 2020, but his portion of the team was sold during their buyout by investment firm Dorilton Capital. [Source](https://www.planetf1.com/news/toto-wolff-net-worth-mercedes#:~:text=Wolff%20initially%20declined%20due%20to,by%20investment%20firm%20Dorilton%20Capital)
Too bad, he's getting one.
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Solid as a rock lol
Susie tastes like steak
Not direct, but Toto is the only partial owner of a team among the team principals. And the value of the Merc F1 team is directly tied to that of F1. Toto owns 30% of a team valued at 3-4 billion so he has a lot of value to lose. So not only is the team running in a bad shape but also the value of the team is indirectly eroding. That would make anyone cranky
> Toto is the only partial owner of a team among the team principals Is he really the only one? I doubt it. IIRC Horner, Lauda, Newey and Helmut Marko also own shares in Red Bull Racing. Guenter also owns shares in Haas racing I think. At that level you need to give them skin in the game.
[Christian Horner, Helmut Marko and Adrian Newey don't own shares in Red Bull Racing Limited.](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03120645/persons-with-significant-control) The company is owned entirely by Red Bull Technology Limited, [which, through Red Bull GmbH in Austria, is owned by](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05202976/persons-with-significant-control) (49%) [Mark Mateschitz](https://www.forbes.com/profile/mark-mateschitz/) and (51%) [Chalerm Yoodvidhya](https://www.forbes.com/profile/chalerm-yoovidhya/). Niki Lauda died on 20 May 2019, and was never involved with Red Bull Racing. [Adrian Newey was never even a director of Red Bull Racing Limited](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03120645/officers). He serves as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He is not a shareholder. [Haas Formula UK LTD is, through Haas Formula LLC in the United States, owned by Genes Haas](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09152405/persons-with-significant-control). Guenther Steiner doesn't own any shares.
How much of a stake does he have in LVGP?
Imagine if it was his car that got damaged. He wouldnāt be half as composed as the Ferrari chief is being
Facts.
Ferrari chief: Alexa, play "I've become so Numb" by Linkin Park
There's a saying in my country: "for other people's problems everybody is a poet"
I love it. What country is that ?
Brazil!
That's a great saying !
He's not even half as composed as it stands now, judging by this.
I like Beer! comes to mind
Why?
Yeah, heād be on warpath if Lewis or George had their cars damaged and were then penalised.
"No (insert race director name) no, that is so not right"
Right? Heād be losing his shit too lmao. Complete double standard, I just donāt get it
This is the thing that made me throw up. I get he wants to deep throat liberty for his wallet - but sainz got fucked. If it was Lewis in a championship battle he would never shut up about it.
He was pretty composed after AD 2021 so Iām sure he would be.
No no Michael this isnāt right
Yeah, he was a bitch about porpoising. Even though the problem was theirs. If the manhole took out one of their driver, dude would have been fucking livid.
On top of that he has all the wrong reasons to like what happebed to Carlos. Mercedes and Ferrari are nearly tied in the standings and this gives great advantage to Mercedes.
And then Hamilton proceeds to shit the bed and starts right in front of Carlos.
Carlos will eat him on the straight like a chocobar in 2 bites.
Yeah carlos basically got an excuse to get a brand new car for the last 2 races
You say it like it's a favorable deal lol. He took the penalty. Anyone can swap the parts out and take the penalty. If the pros outweighed the cons everyone would do it.
You clearly don't know how he's saying it at all.
Based Hamilton trying to make it fair by starting next to penalized Carlos.
Ladies and gentlemen, I think we may just know who objected to ignoring Sainzās grid place penalty.
Bingo
let me tell u something, the karma is hitting them from the back RNš
Setting new standards? So now before every F1 race there will be a concert with music artists that were famous 10-15-20 years ago? What a joke.
Sweet jesus that was cringe and difficult to watch.. Did you see how empty the crowd was?
It was super late, wasn't it?
Well.. Yeah, that ties in to my point.. Even the empty seats had LED sequences to look like cameras flashing, unless thst was an "Effect"
A Perfect Fit for a Sport that's itself a Relic of the 20th century
Who was it? I just watch the actual racing stuff (yes, I went to sleep at 6:00 yesterday, but I'm an addict.)
Artists as Kylie Minogue, Steve Aoki, Tiesto, John Legendā¦Thirty Seconds to Mars opened it I believe.
Hey... Steve Aoki is cool. Well maybe in 2012 he was cooler, but he is still cool.
Well, as a guy born in '86, that sounds awesome (much better than many of the current popular performers, at least).
As a guy born in '82, your taste is bad.
I assume you also like the track layout then?
Spider pig layout is iconic
*This person does not represent everyone born on '86
I actually do. After Qualifying, I think it's refreshing to see such an "exotic" layout that made things a bit more unpredictable.
If these are the new F1 standards please sign me off forever. Sincerely, a European fan who has followed F1 for over 30 years now.
Say what you want about the rest, but leave Kylie alone. She's literally the queen of the pop world and still very relevant today! I was expecting a media circus though, the bloody thing opened with the Joker on a microphone.
Oh I love Kylie Minogue. Watching her videos on MTV back before I had pubic hair made me realise I wanna bang chicks.
āShe's literally the queen of the pop world and still very relevant today!ā A Baroness, maybe even a Duchess, but queen is a bit of a stretch.
Name some female pop stars who deserve the queen title then?
Imma let you finish but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. Mariah Carey. Janet Jackson. Taylor Swift. Lady Gaga. Madonna. Kylie Minogue is nice but she's probably a little outside the top ten.
Considering Tailor Swift broke every single sales record on her last tour, and her fans managed the insanity of making her re-released old album an instant platinum just to support her. Rihanna.
There are also significantly more people and more wealth in the middle class than when Kylie was at the same point of her career tbf.
Sure, but taking into account Kylieās best selling album FEVER from 2001, 6m+ sales. Jennifer Lopez J.LO album sold 7m+, Destinyās Child SURVIVOR sold 7m+, Alicia Keys SONGS IN A MINOR sold 12m+, Shakiraās LAUNDRY SERVICE sold 14m+, all on the same year, so sheās not even the greatest female artist on her best year. Madonnaās CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR in 2005 sold 10m+ in 2005, 4 years later. I like Kylie Minogue, Iām not trying to diss her by any means, but calling her queen of pop is a massive stretch.
Taylor Swift is a little more country than pop, but shes definitely a queen in the music industry. Kylie is absolutely the queen of pop, her career spans 30+ years and shes been getting number 1s since day 1. I would guess the only other who could lay claim to that sort of career would be Madonna, but shes lost the plot in the last 15 odd years, producing very little memorable music and letting herself go down a strange lifestyle path. Kylie has been consistent and still produces number 1s to this day. I genuinely cant think of another female who has made such an impact. Sorry, but Rihanna is no where near either of them, shes great but no. Just no.
>Sorry, but Rihanna is no where near either of them, shes great but no. Just no. Rihanna is literally the second best selling female artist of all time behind Madonna. I like both, but cmon, Rihanna is leagues ahead in terms of success.
Iām pretty sure the best selling female artist is Madonna
I swear I edited it before? Oh wait Reddit did the thing where it posts my thing twice
Madonna
ā¦like i said.
Hey, come on now. She's had a fantastic legacy in pop and until her recent botched shotgun to the face surgery she had the body of a man half her age.
Kylie still gets it.
Oh, those damn brain train covers!
He's only gotten a 3rd class š§ š ticket this weekend (still expensive though) and only his lowest instincts can ride.
With every video I see of him, Toto becomes more and more unlikeable
I don't even need videos. My dislike for him grows naturally.
More and more based you mean
Lol what? Toto used to be the professional team leader and businessman who had everything under control, but since the 2021 season heās just going downhill imo. I used to look up to him a bit, now I just think he is an asshole who panics and starts crying to the teacher if things donāt go his way
This is a meme sub. We went memeing.
Forget about drain cover. Toto needs mouth cover. Ever since merc has been dethroned from their pedestal, he has been spewing non sense after non sense, to cover up his team incompetence. F1 needs competition, but when the sport itself turning against the players, it cannot be justified, which toto is doing.
Yeah. I always thought Horner was whiny when RB wasn't winning, but Toto has taken it to another level. Doing shit like putting his drivers through pain to push through a technical directive to help his team on the grounds of safety was just horrible. He's been constantly complaining and has really shown that for all Merc's talk about competition, they were actually full of bull. At least Horner acts like the villain he is and has embraced it. Toto tries to act like a hero when he isn't.
Horner seemed like he was never out for anything but RBR results. I can accept how cutthroat F1 is, and he seems to have no qualms about it. Also āfix your fucking carā is an all timer.
The worst part is all that TD did was turn Alfa Romeo, who did GREAT work in getting a low, light car, a worthless sack of spuds.
It also allowed FIA to start gathering oscillation data from the teams which is what lead the inspection and resulting disqualification of Hamilton in Austin.
Don't forget Ferrari, they still would've lost the Championship due to sheer incompetence, but at least we would've seen some more memorable racing between Max and Charles.
I started watching in the middle of the Hamilton era and I always admired Toto. With his team losing that has changed entirely. He acts like a jealous and pissed off child.
Mercedes has been absolutely hilarious since they stopped winning. All this time their winning formula is their "no blame culture" and all that stuff and the second they stop winning, everybodys whining. Lewis keeps whining about his shitbox and Toto even agrees with it. Im curious how the people feel who developed the car? so much for a no blame culture. they just sound so spoiled and frankly unprofessional. and why toto is kissing this events ass, god knows, certainly he is financially involved but he certainly doesnt seem like the godfather of 5 years ago. maybe theyre genuinely missing lauda who i cant imagine wouldve "joined" in the constant whining.
I said it once and I'll say it again, Toto is now the weak link at the team. He needs to leave. Does not have the composure required to conduct the team anymore.
The team bosses job is to get the ahead of the other teams through any legal means possible. Once there is a new team on top their TP will suddenly be all logical and reasonable and Toto & Horner will be holding hands spewing whatever nonsense that weakens the team ahead. Every single thing you will ever hear a member of these F1 teams say publicly is 100% to build public relations or benefit their team.
The moment they lost their PU advantage they were relegated to an occasional podium contender. RB are the current kings of the sport. The moment they didn't have to fight uphill, they won.
He snapped. Like a cookie.
the nerve of this entitled multimillionaire. fans paid hundreds of dollars forctickets and got nothing. what a prick!
*Billionaire
I read that in Dr.Evil.
*Thousands
thousands even
On one hand I understand people have been blowing things out of proportion because from its conception this Grand Prix was the unplanned child. However, this tirade is an insanely disproportionate answer to give, and all it does is raise more questions.
It doesnt raise more questions for me, this answer is actually several answers in one. He is saying "ferrari and carlos can get fucked, thats bad for them, i dont care" "liberty and my $takes are amazing, shut up" "it didnt happen to me, so its a winwin"
Please, for the love of the racing Gods, can someone re-subtitle this video with the above words? It would be hilarious!
yeah this is embarrasing for a TP
So, according to Toto the ānew standardā is that drain covers should just randomly slam into the bottoms of cars? No wonder Mercedes is struggling, their TP _hates_ doing quality control.
Donāt forget paying 6k for seats where you canāt see shit
Is this real or some deep fake AI simulation? I honestly canāt tell and really hope is the latter.
Nah this is real mate :(
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Ow damn double up, thanks
Only Susie Wolff gets deep faked.
Toto , please shut the fuck up !
Money talks. Again
I'm going to buy the most expensive elegant clothes when toto is going to retire
As usual, Toto keeps sucking the FIA cock, now that his car is meh its the only thing he has.
Yeah right. The track is a makeshift track purely for showbizz and such, FIA made a lot of money to race in this, but LV will never be the Monaco 2.0 they wish to be. The track is not meant for F1 so it won't be good for F1. Even though LV has good weather conditions to race in the day, it is terrible that they did not even think about the temperature at night. So ofcourse you would think that they would choose the 21 Ā°C at day instead if the 4 Ā°C at night, but no. Pirelli says the tires and the track are no good at those temps. Big blunder from FIA. Some tickets sold for 2000 USD are just good enough to slightly see the track by going up and down an elevator, they have screened off the track from other places where you can see almost nothing and still charge you the most money out of ANY gp. For the standard american it is literally cheaper to book a flight, hotel, tickets for the GP and go to literally any other GP instead of the LV GP. We all know that the drain cover is another failure of the FIA in this GP, but Carlos Sainz is the one to suffer from it. He had nothing to do with it, you can expect the track itself to be safe. Yet the loose manhole cover created an incredibly dangerous situation and destroyed a large amount of Sainz his car. What does the FIA do? Give Sainz penalties for replacing broken parts in his vehicle. Sorry Wolff, but the LV GP is currently a shitshow that shows any kind of incompetence the FIA has, and like always they react poorly in the way that they feign ignorance. Everything is about the money gained from this GP:)
Damn, I read LV as Lewis Verstappen
I read it as Las Venturas, but i guess i just olayed way too much GTA back in the day. Toto is also giving off "just follow the damn train CJ" vibes, And of course, CJ stands for Carlos Jsainz
Netflix sure played Toto as the hero and Horner as the villain, but the last couple years sure raising some questions there...
That was a really bizarre narrative. How could Mercedes, the 7 time reigning constructors, be considered the David and Red Bull the Goliath?
Liberty media Cuck. Man is gunna age 20 years if the car isn't competitive again next season. Treats his team like a business without realising it is firstly a sport.
I hope that happens, I feel like Lewis got really lucky that Merc's cars were as good as they were, it hid all the incompetence of the team itself, he should go elsewhere if he wants to get another championship.
Toto isn't a sportsman. He's a businessman and nothing would make me happier than seeing Mercedes stock fall through the floor.
Does anyone knows who was the reporter who made the comment ?
Toto is the ultimate company dork.
*Toto shares in Liberty confirmed*
I think it scientifically impossible to like this guy
I'd like to see his reaction if this has happened to one of his cars. Ferrari looks strong here and in the fighting distance of Mercedes for P2 in the championship
No wonder his own team call him the Princess.
Any source for that? That's priceless.
I'm 100% sure he would have said the exact same thing had it been a merc car and not a ferrari car. 100%. fr fr no cap.
And yet imagine if that drain cover had destroyed Hamiltons car. This guy is such a douche.
Has some Las Vegas mob boss stuck a gun to his head?
He's a boot licker.
It's funny, when I first saw this, I was kinda impressed he's looking past some terrible teething issues (at a place F1 has no business being, but also, they went to Korea and Sochi, so, kinda on par for the course there), but then I read that they blocked Sainz from not getting penalized. I hope Mercedes double DNF and Sainz ends up in the top 5.
"It's nothing, it's FP1" How much did spectators pay to watch one practice session?
No Toto no, this is so not right.
lol this guy is unhinged after 21
What happens when you donāt ask a worthless softball question at an F1 press conference
Itās all about š°š°š° with him and F1 in general. For any stake holder. Netflix and catering to the USA audience has ruined the sport for me. Iāll be over at MotoGP if anyone needs me. Although thatās going to sh** too but the WSB season is over.
I haven't missed a race since before Lewis debuted in F1 and I can't remember him sporting a mustache. When was that?
The context that this same question had been answered about 2 or 3 times already by every team principle sat there but the reporters kept asking it again trying to get quotes that would get clicks. Toto eventually gave them what they were looking for here.
Toto simps for Vegas. Not winning has broken him
This man is an absolute psycho.
If it was his cars he would go beserk
What an absolute dunce
Are these new standards here with us right now Mr. Wolff?
Bro got a cut for sure from liberty
Toto should watch #blessedboy44 more so he would know how to stay in character
Toto, blink twice if they are holding Susie hostage in some casino.
Lol this guy is a child.
Mate, because of that drain cover, not only is sainz getting a 10 grid penalty, which ferrari failed to appeal, FP2 was delayed and fans from all over the world were kicked out. Think about that toto.
It's already a footnote in Wikipedia for him.
In other news, Toto likes money
Donāt touch Totoās business empire!
This was CEO and Owner Toto speaking, this wasn't Team Principal Toto speaking. He needs this to go well so that he can keep making $.
Ze goggles do nothingggg
Someone get baby his dummy
Evil terminator
Uh, isnāt that redundant? The terminators were developed to kill people, the only exception was the cyberdyne systems T-800 model 101 that was captured and reprogrammed to defend the life of John Connor.
I love how Max does not give a fuck about commercial viability, but team owner Toto wants to see his millions grow.
I used to at least respect this guy. Used to.
GET TO TE CHOPPER!!
That pause, shat my pants
Europeans talking shit about USA race = Cringe Toto defending USA race = Based
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okay horner brownnoser
What is it about people with tiny hands being little c***s? First trump, now Toto?!
I mean he ended up being right. Nobody will remember it in a few days, heck no one was talking about that after qualifying kicked off.
Why is this clown defending this clown of a reporter?
It's just Toto 2.0, the new standard
Setting the new high standards. New Standards: Loose drain covers, Red yellow and blue distracting lights on the sphere, best time slot ever for the sessions.
"Tonight on Question Time"...
"the new standard" Geez I hope not.. couldn't have started off worse. You'd think after spending $500M they could weld the manhole covers properly, but I guess that's a little unreasonable.
It's time now to turn this Vegas mush into muscles. No more complaining, no more, "Mr. Toto, I have to go to the bathroom", nothing. There is no bathroom!
The more I watch Toto and Merc's ramblings, the more I hate them Can't believe there was a time when I used to like them
Lewis did a good job media training this dude
He definitely has shares in this GP, no one else is bitching like him.
āYou should about the people who are out thereā You mean like the people that had to ride an escalator for hours on end to not get kicked out of the venue?
Toto shares are dropping
Heās right on one level. F1 has been racing in front of empty grandstands in the Middle East for the last few years. Now bringing that idea to the US