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Mercedes AMG Formula 1 team has clinched the 2014 Formula 1 constructors' crown in Russia last weekend. However, team boss Toto Wolff asked his drivers not to change their approach.
Wolff told new championship leader Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg to race each other over the final three Grands Prix of the season.
Following their infamous collision at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, both drivers were severely reminded that team objectives and silverware were the ultimate priority.
Their one-two finish in Sochi last weekend earned Mercedes AMG its first ever constructors' title and all but guaranteed Hamilton or Rosberg the drivers' crown.
“I don't think we are going to change something in our approach because we want them to race each other respectfully,” Wolff said in an interview posted on Formula1.com.
“Of course 92 points means [Ricciardo] would need to win all three remaining races and Lewis [Hamilton] not score eight points. Even though I am a pessimist, that would be a ‘black swan, black swan, black swan' event.
“We saw in Russia [that] Nico missed the braking [point] on the dirty line and Lewis was very cold blooded, and it was good.
“So it will not change the approach. We don't want it to end in some kind of circumstance with events on the track...”
After winning in Sochi - his fourth consecutive victory and ninth of the season - Hamilton leads Rosberg by 17 points in the drivers' championship, the biggest advantage the former World Champion has enjoyed all season.
Wolff told new championship leader Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg to race each other over the final three Grands Prix of the season.
Following their infamous collision at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, both drivers were severely reminded that team objectives and silverware were the ultimate priority.
Their one-two finish in Sochi last weekend earned Mercedes AMG its first ever constructors' title and all but guaranteed Hamilton or Rosberg the drivers' crown.
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| Podium at Sochi. (Photo: WRi2) |
“I don't think we are going to change something in our approach because we want them to race each other respectfully,” Wolff said in an interview posted on Formula1.com.
“Of course 92 points means [Ricciardo] would need to win all three remaining races and Lewis [Hamilton] not score eight points. Even though I am a pessimist, that would be a ‘black swan, black swan, black swan' event.
“We saw in Russia [that] Nico missed the braking [point] on the dirty line and Lewis was very cold blooded, and it was good.
“So it will not change the approach. We don't want it to end in some kind of circumstance with events on the track...”
After winning in Sochi - his fourth consecutive victory and ninth of the season - Hamilton leads Rosberg by 17 points in the drivers' championship, the biggest advantage the former World Champion has enjoyed all season.
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| The two Mercedes drivers in action. (Photo: WRi2) |