Wolff surprised by Brazil victory emotion after 'being used to winning'
Toto Wolff has detailed the differing emotion s when comparing George Russell 's Brazilian GP win to the victories of their dominant seasons.
Following a difficult start to the campaign, Mercedes were threatening to complete an entire F1 season without victory, until Russell's remarkable win at Interlagos prevented a first winless season since 2011.
Speaking in the Mercedes Season Debrief , Mercedes boss Wolff believed that their Sprint and Grand Prix victories in Sao Paulo validated the car concept and proved more pace could be extracted from it.
"I think it is, in a way, the perfect storm [of things going wrong], because what I said is within four months, you're not taking a stupid pills and suddenly becoming totally incom Pet ent when you won a championship in December, and then you hit the ground in March, and the car is much slower," said Wolff.
"We were able to get it much better in Austin, Mexico was a was a positive surprise, and then B...