George Russell told Toto Wolff to ‘let me f***ing drive’, fearing he would crash if his Mercedes manager kept talking to him.
The Briton capitalised on Max Verstappen and Lando Norris’ crash to shift from 3rd position to get the Austrian Grand Prix.
So fired up was Wolff by the unexpected prospect of victory that he blurted out an ill-timed radio message, indicating: ‘You can win this, George. You can gain this.’
Wolff was capable to smile about the gee-up, which he shipped just as his driver was braking into Change 3.
‘This is the single dumbest matter I’ve carried out in 12 many years at Mercedes,’ he stated.
Mercedes workforce principal Toto Wolff pictured celebrating with George Russell on Sunday
Russell won the Austrian Grand Prix in Spielberg – his first race victory considering that 2022
Wolff included: ‘I will be for good ashamed due to the fact you do not message the drivers when they are braking or in substantial-speed corners.
‘But I failed to look on the GPS. I just saw these two getting each individual other out and then emotionally pressed the button.
‘I could have taken him out with that information. Envision how that would have felt. I was just carried away with the circumstance, but, very seriously – uncomfortable.’
Russell, declaring his second job gain, stated: ‘I nearly crashed when I had Toto screaming into my ears.
‘But it just goes to demonstrate the enthusiasm that we all share. It really is definitely been a challenging pair of decades for us. It feels fantastic to be again on the major move.’
Max Verstappen (right) had been leading right before colliding with Lando Norris (still left) on lap 64
Wolff got energized and despatched Russell an ill-timed radio concept that almost brought about a further crash
Russell concluded forward of McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, ending Mercedes’ barren spell dating back again 995 times to the 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix.
He promised to return to Monaco to meet up with Spanish girlfriend Carmen Montero Mundt and a pal for a celebration last evening. ‘I will not go as tricky as Lando did (soon after profitable in Miami),’ he claimed. ‘If it is 50 per cent as really hard as that it will be a pretty large night time.’