Toto Wolff reveals Bottas and Hamilton ignored pre-race plan: "They ignored me. All of them!

The 2019 Formula 1 season kicked off in Melbourne this weekend, with Valtteri Bottas storming to a 20-second victory over the rest of the field. For the first time in the sport’s history, the person who sets the fastest lap, providing they are in the top ten, will receive an extra point towards their score. Mercedes teammate Hamilton also gunning for the fastest lap throughout the race, team boss Toto Wolff has now revealed that the pair went against his pre-race orders. “In the morning meeting when we talked about strategy, I forbade them to go for the fastest lap if we were running first, second or third,” Wolff stated, per Planet F1. “They ignored me. All of them! I think it was a plot between the engineers and drivers because the engineers were keen. I need to reconstruct the radio calls and how that happened.” While his orders were disregarded, Wolff admitted that the overall result pleased him. “At the end I’m very happy. Collecting that extra point I think is good. “It’s entertaining. It’s a great new part of the spectacle.”

Lewis Hamilton: “Even more than ever before There’s even less margin for error”