Hamilton like every other Formula One peddler in the world, has grown accustomed to having his backside slapped by Max Verstappen, the untouchable winner of this Austrian Grand Prix, but the seven-time world champion is not used to having his trousers pulled down by his boss.
(Poster opinion: Is that hbb would love nothing more than to have that happen.)
No wonder, when asked afterwards why Wolff had issued the surprising rebuke, Hamilton snapped: ‘I don’t know. You’ll have to ask him.’ So we did. But, first, a brief background to this spat — which, incidentally, Wolff insisted would have no adverse impact on the issue of Hamilton’s unsigned new contract, which is about the longest running soap opera after Coronation Street