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Toto Wolff admits Mercedes forced to change pit-stop ‘mindset’

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has admitted that the team have been forced to change their “mindset” in regard to pit-stops, as they neglected improving them throughout their dominant era. From 2014-2021, Mercedes had such a strong car year-on-year that they could afford slow pit-stops on a regular basis and still exit the pits with

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Toto Wolff discusses ‘weirdo’ British Christmas trend

Ahead of Christmas and on the key day itself, millions of people across the United Kingdom choose to wear a festive jumper, to the extent that some view it as a British Christmas tradition. One person who finds wearing a Christmas jumper totally bizarre is Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, who recently admitted that it’s

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Lewis Hamilton replacement already picked by Mercedes

It appears that Mercedes have already planned their driver line-up for when Lewis Hamilton eventually retires from Formula 1, after getting one of their junior drivers a huge seat in Formula 2 for 2024. Mercedes junior driver Kimi Antonelli is making the giant leap from Formula Regional European Championship (FRECA) to F2 next season, meaning

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Max Verstappen refused Mercedes rental car

Despite being a three-time Formula 1 World Champion, Max Verstappen was recently blocked from hiring a Mercedes AMG GT, capable of 195 mph. Verstappen and some friends recently travelled to the Algarve in Portugal, to enjoy some downtime after what’s been a sensational year for the Red Bull driver. Reportedly, the 26-year-old and his friends

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Toto Wolff makes Mick Schumacher prediction

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is confident that reserve driver Mick Schumacher will do “a perfect job” in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) in 2024, which could spark a return to the Formula 1 grid. Schumacher will compete for Alpine in the WEC next year, in the highly competitive Hypercar class. The German driver will

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Toto Wolff reveals Mercedes’ best weekend of 2023

Despite the fact Lewis Hamilton was disqualified, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has labelled the United States Grand Prix as the side’s best performance of 2023, as their speed was “genuine”. Roll back the clock to the end of the October and the Silver Arrows arrived at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) full of

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Toto Wolff is ‘tempted’ to sell Mercedes shares

Sky Sports reporter Craig Slater has heard from some “well-placed insiders” that some shareholders of various teams in Formula 1 have started to question if the sport has “peaked”, and whether it’s time to sell their share. Thanks to Netflix docuseries ‘Drive to Survive’, the F1 has exploded in recent years across the pond, making

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FIA embarrassingly drop investigation amid misogyny scandal

Two days after releasing a shocking statement, the FIA announced on Thursday that they’d cancelled their “ongoing investigation” into F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff, and whether she was giving “confidential” information to her husband, Toto Wolff. The FIA stated on Tuesday that they were looking into whether “FOM personnel” were handing information to a

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‘I am deeply insulted’: Susie Wolff blasts FIA

F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff has hit out at the FIA, who released a shocking statement on Tuesday evening accusing her of sharing “confidential” information with her husband, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff. The FIA released a statement on Tuesday evening without informing Formula 1 or Mercedes first, something which has infuriated both companies.

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Mercedes respond to FIA investigation over Toto Wolff collusion

Following a bizarre statement by the FIA on Tuesday evening, Mercedes have officially responded, following accusations that team principal Toto Wolff has been receiving “confidential” information from his wife, Susie Wolff. It was recently speculated by one publication that team principals had become concerned that Wolff seemingly knew information before it was revealed in a

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