Toto Wolffs cries may be in vain as Nico Rosberg smells blood in F1 chase | Paul Weaver

The Guardian

The Mercedes chief has sought to take action after the Spa collision with Lewis Hamilton, but it could be fruitless

The old Mercedes chief Ross Brawn, perched on some farflung fishing bank, is having an excellent Formula One season. The fish, one senses, are not equal to his calculating, even forensic mind. And the phalanx of men who have replaced him, without quite filling out the chair, are sometimes represented as a confederacy of dunces.

After last weeks Belgium Grand Prix, in which Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg crashed into each other on the second lap like a couple of dodgem kids, Toto Wolff, the teams motorsport director, fulminated. And there was sporadic gunfire from Niki Lauda, the nonexecutive chairman.

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