Rome Cab Drivers V Mercedes: Why's F1's Verbal Clash Spiraling? First Sports With Rupha Ramani
Rome Cab Drivers V Mercedes: Why's F1's Verbal Clash Spiraling? |First Sports With Rupha Ramani|N18G
Rome Cab Drivers V Mercedes: Why's F1's Verbal Clash Spiraling? |First Sports With Rupha Ramani|N18G
When Formula 1 meets the streets of Rome — sparks fly, and not just on the track! After Max Verstappen's crash with George Russell at the Spanish Grand Prix, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff made a fiery comparison: likening Verstappen's aggressive driving to cab drivers in Rome and Naples. The Italian cabbies did not take it lightly. In this quirky and unexpected war of words, drivers from Rome have fired back — with wit, sarcasm, and some solid burns about Mercedes' current form. Rupha Ramani unpacks the bizarre, hilarious fallout from one press room comment that's taken on a life of its own.
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