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Toto Wolff says Mercedes set-up experiment failed spectacularly at the F1 Austrian GP as George Russell finished over a minute behind.

Wolff reveals set-up gamble backfired for Mercedes in F1 Austrian GP

Valeria Penachi5 days ago5 days ago07 mins

Toto Wolff’s post-F1 Austrian GP reflection delivered his most brutally honest assessment of Mercedes’ 2025 campaign. This came after a disappointing Austrian GP weekend. The team’s experimental approach backfired spectacularly amid sweltering Spielberg conditions. Kimi Antonelli‘s early collision with Max Verstappen ended both drivers’ races. George Russell managed to finish in fifth place. He finished…

Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing leads George Russell of Mercedes-AMG F1 at the Spanish Grand Prix

Wolff doesn’t “want to jump on conclusions” on Verstappen/Russell F1 clash at Spanish GP

Ahmet-Kaan Cirakman1 month ago1 month ago08 mins

Mercedes F1 team boss Toto Wolff says, he doesn’t want to make any conclusions on the clash between Max Verstappen and George Russell in the closing stages of the Spanish GP race. The incident between Verstappen and Russell Verstappen was put onto hard tyres during the safety car period that was caused by Mercedes’s Kimi…

The start of the 2004 Belgian Grand Prix Pit Debrief

Drivers and team bosses talk potential V10 F1 return

Ghazlan Atqiya Firmansyah3 months ago3 months ago015 mins

Before the start of the season, FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem entertained the idea of F1 returning to V10 engines. The stakeholders of F1 have discussed the possibility of bringing the V10 engines back to life by 2028. V10s last appeared in 2006, when Toro Rosso ran them among the V8-running teams. That year, Red…

Toto Wolff at the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix

Wolff: Russell on course to become the benchmark driver in F1

Ghazlan Atqiya Firmansyah3 months ago3 months ago04 mins

Mercedes’ George Russell took another podium with a third-place finish at the Chinese GP. Team boss Toto Wolff was quick to praise the Briton’s performance given the difficult circumstances. Wolff said people have forgotten how good Russell is since he was paired with the legendary Lewis Hamilton, and now the rising star Kimi Antonelli. A…

Horner reacts to Wolff comments and Verstappen/Russell F1 feud

Ahmet-Kaan Cirakman7 months ago7 months ago09 mins

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has reacted to Toto Wolff calling him a “yapping little terrier”. He has also commented on the ongoing verbal fight between his driver Max Verstappen and George Russell. Mercedes and Red Bull once more have found themselves in a conflict during the Qatar GP weekend. Verstappen was given a…

Wolff reveals “difficult time” with Hamilton after Rosberg won F1 title

Ahmet-Kaan Cirakman8 months ago8 months ago05 mins

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has revealed he went through a difficult time with Lewis Hamilton after Nico Rosberg won the F1 title in 2016. They didn‘t talk to each other “for weeks“ after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The hybrid era was dominated by Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, led by Mercedes F1 team…

A racing driver speaking to a group of journalists.

Toto Wolff reveals Carlos Sainz Sr. tipped him off about Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari F1

Ghazlan Atqiya Firmansyah8 months ago8 months ago08 mins

Toto Wolff, the team principal of Mercedes knew of the “shelf life” of the 39-year-old Lewis Hamilton and knew that there would be a time when the team needed to let him go. The Austrian received an early tip from Carlos Sainz Sr. about this move to Ferrari before it became official. “I sent a…

Wolff: Verstappen’s interpretation of F1 driving guidelines “will change” how drivers race in future

Ahmet-Kaan Cirakman8 months ago8 months ago05 mins

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff says that Max Verstappen’s interpretation of Formula 1’s driving guidelines will change the way on how every other driver will race in the future. Max Verstappen has been focus again for his driving. The FIA is set to close a grey area, the Red Bull driver has been exploiting in…

“Worse than 2009” — Hamilton says the start of 2024 F1 season the worst in his career

Alessio Ciancola1 year ago1 year ago08 mins

After the first three races of 2024, Lewis Hamilton has labelled it as the worst start to a season he has ever had in F1. Despite everything, Hamilton does not lose optimism for the future. After the two disappointing races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia where he scored just 8 points, the Mercedes driver also…