Of course, Mercedes withdrew its appeal this Thursday.
Technically, the team has recognized the validity of Max Verstappen's first F1 world title for Red Bull, following the final Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
But Toto Wolff's heart is still bleeding.
Mercedes boss and Lewis Hamilton boycotted the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) gala on Thursday in Paris, to protest against the decisions of the race marshals which allowed Verstappen, so far behind by the Briton, to to double on the wire its competitor.
In an interview with
Bild
, published Thursday evening on the site of the German daily, Wolff even drove the point home.
For the 49-year-old Austrian, this "injustice" "is on par with the hand of God of Diego Maradona or the Wembley goal of 1966".
References to the history of football
Historical-football comparisons: the first recalls the goal of the left fist awarded to the Argentine captain against England, in the quarter-final of the 1986 World Cup. The second recalls the memory of the strike by English striker Geoffrey Hurst in the final of the 1966 World Cup against Germany, validated without it being known even today if the ball had crossed the line.
"My heart and soul are still crying through every pore," Wolff continues, adding that Hamilton is in much the same condition.
“When the principles of sport are flouted and the stopwatch is worthless, you start to wonder if all the work, the blood, the sweat and the tears are worth it.
“Come on Toto, it's time to take a step back to prepare for next season.
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