Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff insists the Formula 1 title race can’t be considered done with the risk of a “freak incident” for Lewis Hamilton.
The Briton sits 67 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel with just four races left to go and that means should Lewis score eight more points than his nearest rival at the United States Grand Prix he will secure a fifth world championship.
In reality, Hamilton needs just 33 points between now and Abu Dhabi but his boss doesn’t want to start making presumptions.
“Absolutely, freak incidents happen everywhere,” he told AFP. “I don’t want to even think about him breaking a finger!”
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After a sixth win in seven last Sunday in Suzuka, Hamilton too insisted he’ll take it “one step at a time”.
“It’s important to stay concentrated,” Wolff continued. “You either have the trophy in your hands or you don’t – and we haven’t got it in our hands.
“A bad result suddenly wipes off a large chunk of your points.
“It doesn’t look likely, but this is motor racing. It’s a sport, anything could happen.
“I don’t want to dwell too much about it because it’s bad karma too, so let’s just go to Austin and get it done.”