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Brazilian GP: Mercedes' Toto Wolff denies Max Verstappen interference claims
Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff has denied claims he asked Max Verstappen's father to tell the Red Bull driver not to interfere in the title fight. Wolff admitted to phoning the 19-year-old's father, Jos Verstappen, but said: "I didn't say to move out of the way, nor to race in any different way." Verstappen starts Sunday's Brazilian GP fourth with Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg on the front row. Wolff said the phone call was "a complete non-story". Will Nico Rosberg join the list of world championship winners in Brazil? Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said he was "surprised" to hear Wolff had "called another team's driver's father"....
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