sport news 'We need to see how the race pans out': Toto Wolff drops Sprint team orders hint
'We need to see how the race pans out': Toto Wolff drops Sprint team orders hint after Valtteri Bottas unexpectedly beat Lewis Hamilton in qualifying... with the seven-time world champion's title battle with Max Verstappen on a knife edge Valtteri Bottas pipped Lewis Hamilton to pole by 0.096 seconds in Monza Hamilton sits just three points behind Max Verstappen with eight races left The Sprint event at the Italian Grand Prix mirrors the one held at Silverstone It is an 18-lap dash around the 3.6-mile circuit - with points for the top three
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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff hinted that he would tell Valtteri Bottas to move aside to let Lewis Hamilton win Sunday's Sprint race at Monza.
The Austrian is in a bind because the seven-time world champion was unexpectedly beaten to pole by his Finnish team-mate, who ended up 0.096 of a second quicker on the super-fast track.
Wolff has always tried to let his drivers race on equal terms, but the title fight is so delicately poised that this luxury is not realistically open to him.
Valtteri Bottas unexpectedly claimed pole ahead of title-chasing team-mate Lewis Hamilton
