Max Verstappen has hit back at Mercedes boss Toto Wolff’s dismissal of his record-breaking F1 victory at the Italian Grand Prix last time out.
“No I'm not disappointed but I mean they had a pretty shit race, so probably he was pissed off with their performance,” Verstappen said, before adding: “He almost sounds like he's an employee of our team sometimes, you know, but luckily not.”
The Dutchman, who is romping towards a third consecutive world title, continued: “I think it's just important that you 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 was very impressive at the time. And we knew that we just had to work harder trying to be better. And yeah, try to get to that level.
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