Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff reached into his pocket during his post-race media briefing and pulled out his phone to read a text exchange that he had with his Williams counterpart during the Monaco Grand Prix. The messages showed Williams team principal James Vowles apologising to Wolff after his drivers backed up George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli during the race.
Wolff and Vowles are good friends, with the latter having worked under Wolff at Mercedes before taking the top job at Williams, where he has already started to overhaul the team’s fortunes.
