沃尔夫称法拉利内斗似曾相识
墨西哥大奖赛后，法拉利车手勒克莱尔与汉密尔顿在首圈发生冲突，汉密尔顿称法拉利有"很大很大的问题"需要解决。托托·沃尔夫表示这一幕让他想起当年汉密尔顿与罗斯伯格之间不断升级的紧张关系。
为什么托托·沃尔夫认为法拉利的冲突"似曾相识"——以及为何升级或许是必要的
查尔斯·勒克莱尔与刘易斯·汉密尔顿之间的争斗让托托·沃尔夫想起汉密尔顿与尼科·罗斯伯格之间不断升级的紧张关系。"当年你们问我的就是完全相同的问题！"
墨西哥大奖赛之后，除了基米·安东内利夺得首个世界冠军之外，另一个话题主导了F1围场的讨论：法拉利的冲突。
在罗德里格斯兄弟赛道正赛首圈的事故之后，汉密尔顿表示法拉利有"很大很大的问题"需要解决，并呼吁进行深入讨论。
在媒体日上，这位七届世界冠军补充说，那些讨论尚未进行，因为勒克莱尔在此期间成为了父亲，法拉利车队领队弗雷德里克·瓦塞尔也已飞回欧洲。
然而，后者在车队领队新闻发布会上澄清，那些讨论最终于周四晚上在圣保罗进行。
不出所料，瓦塞尔在周五的新闻发布会上面对了来自现场最多的提问，这促使沃尔夫一度拿起麦克风支持他的朋友兼同行车队领队。沃尔夫强调，他曾与汉密尔顿和罗斯伯格经历过类似的过程。
“弗雷德不需要我的任何建议，但这就像似曾相识（déjà vu）”，这位梅赛德斯车队领队说道。
“你问我完全相同的问题已经多少年了？2013年、2014年、2015年和2016年。就是这样，然后尼科就宣布退役了。四年，完全一样的情况。”
不过需要指出的是，沃尔夫当时不得不应对的紧张局面，比瓦塞尔目前面临的要严重得多。这位法拉利车队领队周五说得对，墨西哥的事件并没有导致两辆红色赛车相撞，只是让车队损失了潜在的包揽前二名完赛的机会。
“有时候，当你把两位实力强劲的车手放在那里，最优秀的那些会有棱角，他们想赢，”沃尔夫继续说道。“而这是一种始终很难应对的局面，如果这些赛车在前方竞争，也是一种处于媒体聚光灯下的局面。”
夏尔·勒克莱尔，法拉利，刘易斯·汉密尔顿，法拉利
尽管两位梅赛德斯车手最终都在为世界冠军而战，而法拉利目前并非如此，但沃尔夫仍然看到了许多相似之处。
“我仍然能理解弗雷德目前所经历的一切，而且我认为有时候需要那些真正艰难的时刻，就像最近那一次，才能把问题说清楚。”
沃尔夫的意思是，一定程度的升级有时实际上有助于让车队里的每个人都清楚地认识到需要采取行动。
“当我和尼科、刘易斯在一起的时候，一旦发生事故，大家就明白那就是底线，不会再这样继续下去。所以也许正需要升级到那个地步，因为这关乎对车队的尊重，也关乎品牌里成千上万共同努力的人。这才是他们需要牢记在心的。”
最后这一点也正是瓦塞尔在墨西哥站赛后向汉密尔顿和勒克莱尔明确指出的：他们的个人野心绝不能以牺牲车队利益或马拉内罗近2000名员工的工作为代价。
在巴塞罗那那场臭名昭著的撞车多年之后，罗斯伯格透露，沃尔夫当时对局面厌烦至极，甚至威胁要更换车手阵容，还警告说如果再次发生碰撞，两位车手都必须为（部分）损失买单。
刘易斯·汉密尔顿驾驶的梅赛德斯AMG F1 W07 Hybrid与尼科·罗斯伯格驾驶的梅赛德斯AMG F1 W07 Hybrid在比赛首圈相撞
然而，当这段轶事在圣保罗被提起时，瓦塞尔不愿透露他如今是否也采取了如此严厉的措施。
“我不确定10年前托托是否告诉过你与尼科和刘易斯讨论的确切内容，我现在也会完全一样。我们进行了讨论，但这必须保密。这也是对他们和车队的尊重。”
“但再一次强调，最重要的是信息[是明确的]。信息是，我们为一个品牌工作，我们为赞助商工作，但我想说我们可能主要是为车队的员工工作。”
英文原文
Why Toto Wolff sees Ferrari clash as "déjà vu" – and why escalation may be necessary
The battle between Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton reminds Toto Wolff of the escalating tensions between Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. "You asked me exactly the same questions back then!"
Following the Mexico Grand Prix, aside from Kimi Antonelli's maiden world title, one other subject has dominated the conversation in the Formula 1 paddock: the clash at Ferrari.
After the incident on the opening lap of the race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Hamilton indicated that Ferrari had "big, big problems" to solve, before calling for in-depth discussions.
During the media day, the seven-time world champion added that those discussions had not yet taken place, as Leclerc had become a father in the meantime and Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur had also flown back to Europe.
However, the latter clarified during the team principals' press conference that those discussions had eventually taken place on Thursday evening in Sao Paulo.
Unsurprisingly, Vasseur faced by far the most questions from the floor during Friday's press conference, prompting Wolff to pick up the microphone at one point to support his friend and fellow team principal. Wolff stressed that he had gone through a similar process with Hamilton and Rosberg.
"Fred doesn't need any advice from me, but it's like a déjà vu", the Mercedes team principal said.
"You've asked me exactly the same questions for how many years? 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. That was it, and then Nico called it a day. Four years, exactly the same situation."
It should be noted, however, that Wolff had to deal with considerably more serious tensions than Vasseur is currently facing. The Ferrari team principal rightly pointed out on Friday that the incident in Mexico had not resulted in a collision between the two red cars, but had merely cost the team a potential one-two finish.
"Sometimes when you put two strong drivers in there, the best ones have edges and they want to win”, Wolff continued. “And that is a situation that is always very difficult to cope with, and a situation that is under the media spotlight if those cars race at the front."
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
Although both Mercedes drivers were ultimately fighting for a world championship, which is not currently the case at Ferrari, Wolff nevertheless sees many parallels.
"I can still relate to what Fred goes through at the moment, and I think sometimes it needs the really tough ones [tough moments], like the last one, to make a point."
By this, Wolff means that a certain degree of escalation can sometimes actually help make it clear to everyone in the team that action needs to be taken.
"When I was there with Nico and Lewis, when there was an accident, it was understood that that was the limit and that it wouldn't continue like this. That's why maybe it needed to escalate to that point because it's all about respect to the team, and about the many, many thousand people at the brand that work together. That's what they need to keep in their heads."
That last point is also precisely what Vasseur made clear to Hamilton and Leclerc after the race in Mexico: their personal ambitions must never come at the expense of the team's interests or the work of almost 2,000 people in Maranello.
Years after the infamous crash in Barcelona, Rosberg revealed that Wolff had been so fed up with the situation at the time that he even threatened to change the driver line-up, and also warned that both drivers would have to pay for (part of) the damage in the event of further collisions.
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG F1 W07 Hybrid and Nico Rosberg, Mercedes AMG F1 W07 Hybrid collide on the opening lap of the race
When that anecdote was brought up in Sao Paulo, however, Vasseur was unwilling to reveal whether he had now resorted to such drastic measures himself.
"I'm not sure that 10 years ago Toto told you exactly the content of the discussion with Nico and Lewis, and I will do exactly the same now. We had a discussion, but it has to stay private. It's a matter of respect also for them and for the team.
"But once again, the most important is the message [is clear]. The message is that we are working for a brand, we are working for sponsors, but I would say we are probably mainly working for the employees of the team."
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