Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff said he was less concerned about George Russell’s radio complaints during the Brazilian Grand Prix than the team’s lack of pace.
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Wolff calls Brazilian GP Mercedes’ “worst weekend in 13 years”
Formula 1
Posted onMercedes suffered their worst Formula 1 weekend in 13 years at the Brazilian Grand Prix said team principal Toto Wolff.
Wolff says Mercedes’ car doesn’t deserve to win after “inexcusable performance”
Formula 1
Posted onMercedes don’t deserve to win a race with their W14 chassis, said team principal Toto Wolff, following their poor performance in the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Mercedes “weren’t adaptive enough” in tricky qualifying conditions – Wolff
Formula 1
Posted onMercedes did not get their tactics right when a sudden change in weather conditions hit qualifying, team principal Toto Wolff admitted.
Departure of Elliott won’t disrupt work on Mercedes’ 2024 car – Wolff
Formula 1
Posted onMercedes team principal Toto Wolff insists that the departure of Mike Elliott will not affect the team’s preparations for the 2024 season.
Feedback from rivals suggests many other cars were illegal after US GP – Wolff
Formula 1
Posted onMercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes the FIA overlooked many cars which would have failed the same inspection as Lewis Hamilton’s in Austin.
Better to have no sprint races than reverse grids – Wolff
Formula 1
Posted onMercedes team principal Toto Wolff has spoken out against renewed calls for Formula 1 to introduce reverse grid sprint races.
Wolff sure Hamilton-Russell run-ins not linked to his absence from last two races
Formula 1
Posted onMercedes team principal Toto Wolff does not believe the incidents between his drivers in the last two races were linked to his absence from those rounds.
Wolff “part of every single meeting” despite two-race absence – Hamilton
Formula 1
Posted onLewis Hamilton says Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff’s input into their operations is unchanged despite his absence from the last two rounds of the world championship.
“Diva-esque” car makes sprint races tougher for Mercedes – Wolff
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: “Diva-esque” car makes sprint races tougher for Mercedes – Wolff • Doohan’s F1 season “difficult” – Famin • Leon takes Euroformula title
Too early to tell if technical directive has hurt Red Bull – Wolff
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Too early to tell if TD hurt Red Bull – Wolff • Lawson praised by rivals after first Q3 • ‘Active F1 driver’ to race Daytona 24 Hours
F1 changed rules to stop Mercedes in 2021 but we won’t ‘cry foul’ now – Wolff
2023 Italian Grand Prix
Posted onMercedes will not “cry foul” over Red Bull’s domination of the 2023 season despite suffering due to past rules changes, says team principal Toto Wolff.
Perfect season would be more impressive than “irrelevant” 10 wins in a row – Wolff
2023 Italian Grand Prix
Posted onMercedes team principal Toto Wolff described Max Verstappen’s record-breaking achievement of winning 10 consecutive races as “irrelevant”.
Russell improved his qualifying form by “accepting the pace of the car”
2023 Italian Grand Prix
Posted onGeorge Russell says he has turned around his recent dip in qualifying form by accepting the limits of his car’s performance.
Hamilton struggling with “hard to optimise” Mercedes at Monza
2023 Italian Grand Prix
Posted onLewis Hamilton said there’s “nothing easy” about Mercedes’ car after qualifying eighth on the grid for the Italian Grand Prix.
Alonso’s “clear impeding” of Hamilton deserved a penalty – Wolff
2023 Dutch Grand Prix
Posted onMercedes team principal Toto Wolff has urged Formula 1’s stewards to be more diligent when it comes to applying penalties for impeding in qualifying.
Why Wolff believes Mercedes were second-quickest despite Hamilton’s fall to fourth
2023 Hungarian Grand Prix
Posted onLewis Hamilton said Mercedes weren’t quick enough to beat McLaren but Mercedes’ Toto Wolff believes otherwise. Here’s what the data reveals.
Hamilton says new contract is “very close” but may not sign until end of year
2023 Hungarian Grand Prix
Posted onLewis Hamilton says he is “very close” to agreeing a new contract to remain at Mercedes but it may not be signed until the end of the year.
Caption Competition 218: Wolff and the president’s conspicuous chat
Caption Competition
Posted onWhat were two of the most powerful figures in Formula 1 discussing in Silverstone? Can you come up with the best caption for this picture?
Mercedes re-evaluating Red Bull sidepod design as Wolff calls W14 another ‘diva’
2023 British Grand Prix
Posted onMercedes team principal Toto Wolff says the team will wind down work on its “Diva 2.0” car soon and reconsider Red Bull’s sidepod solution.