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Wolff Defends Verstappen Amidst Controversy at F1 2025 Season Launch

Carl Harrison by Carl Harrison
February 25, 2025
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Wolff Defends Verstappen Amidst Controversy at F1 2025 Season Launch

As the F1 2025 season beckons, Max Verstappen, the four-time World Champion, is setting his sights on capturing a fifth consecutive world title. However, the launch event of the F1 75 season in London stirred up a controversy that veered the attention away from the upcoming season and onto the alleged negativity directed towards Verstappen and Red Bull team boss, Christian Horner.

Mercedes team chief, Toto Wolff, has refuted claims that Verstappen was met with boos by the crowd at the landmark event held at London’s O2 Arena. The event, a first of its kind, saw all 10 teams unveiling their liveries for the F1 2025 campaign. Amidst the excitement, a portion of the 15,000-strong crowd was reported to have booed Verstappen and Horner, leading to a contentious issue that has since been the talk of the F1 world.

Christian Horner, according to Wolff, did receive boos from the crowd, a sentiment echoed by Sky F1 reporter Craig Slater. However, Wolff was quick to dismiss any suggestion that Verstappen was on the receiving end of such negativity. In a response to Slater’s assertion that Verstappen wasn’t exactly booed and in fact received cheers, Wolff concurred, stating, “I don’t think that Max was booed.”

The alleged incident has sparked a reaction from Verstappen’s father, Jos, who declared that should future events in England elicit similar responses, the reigning World Champion will not attend. This stance is understood to have been recognized internally within the Red Bull team.

Wolff, however, does not believe this incident should cast a dark shadow over the event, asserting that it was attended by “great spectators”. Wolff further emphasised that the focus should be on the event’s success and not on the booing of a single individual, whether justified or not. The Mercedes boss lauded the event for its impressive presentation of the cars and the new format it introduced for future seasons.

Wolff and Horner’s relationship has been marked by numerous verbal confrontations throughout their F1 careers, most recently in a late-2024 season dispute involving Verstappen and Mercedes driver George Russell. When Slater jokingly inquired if Wolff was one of those booing Horner, Wolff retorted, “No, I wasn’t booing. There was 15,000 people that did that! It wasn’t necessary that I did.”

As we head into the F1 2025 season, the dynamics between the teams and personalities at the helm promise an exciting ride for fans and spectators alike. Despite the controversy, the focus remains on the track and the quest for the World Championship title.

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