Nine years ago, Wolff responded after Lewis Hamilton appealed for tactical freedom in a bid to take the fight to teammate Nico Rosberg.
An old interview with Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff about the subject of discussing strategy changes with drivers during a race has resurfaced following Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix.“The reasons? I’ve had some guidance from within the Mercedes team about why they were underweight. It was to do Russell’s single-stop strategy," Slater said.One of the big talking points from Sunday's race has been Russell's one-stop strategy.
Hamilton was left frustrated at not being able to alter his strategy at Interlagos as he found himself stuck behind teammate Nico Rosberg, but Wolff wouldn't budge. "We will not change that. In the car you don't have the complete picture. In that particular moment, Lewis's tyres were going off and the talk was about the three-stop strategy. This would have been around ten seconds slower, so he might even have lost out to Sebastian ."It was therefore out of the question. Of course the driver in the car is emotional - that is understandable. We have hired guard dogs, not puppies.
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