Toto Wolff angrily rejects 'black eye for F1' questions after chaos in Las Vegas

File photo dated 03-07-2022 of Toto Wolff, who said Mercedes' worst performance on his watch as team principal shows they are right to make wholesale design changes for next season. Issue date: Monday November 6, 2023.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff lost his cool in a wild and chaotic defence of the shambolic start to this weekend's Las Vegas Grand Prix.

On Formula One's much-anticipated return to Sin City after more than 40 years away, opening practice was scrapped with just eight minutes on the clock when Carlos Sainz's Ferrari was damaged by a drain cover at 210mph.