Toto Wolff has countered comments from Christian Horner that Mercedes is favouring Lewis Hamilton over Valtteri Bottas this year to ensure the Briton wins his record-equalling seventh Formula 1 world title. The dispute was effectively sparked by Hamilton himself who had suggested Red Bull was effectively a one-driver team given this season given Max Verstappen's level of performance in comparison to team-mate Alex Albon. Article continues under video “What you’ve got to look at with the Red Bulls is, I think they’ve got a very good car," said Hamilton. "I think people downplay it, but they’ve got a very, very strong car, and Max is doing a great job with it....
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