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Toto Wolff AUT, Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, F1 Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia at Jeddah Corniche Circuit on March 17, 2023 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Photo by HOCH ZWEI Jeddah Saudi Arabia *** Toto Wolff AUT, Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team , F1 Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia at Jeddah Corniche Circuit on March 17, 2023 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Photo by HOCH ZWEI Jeddah Saudi Arabia
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Three-time world champion joined the Brackley outfit in 2012. The team saw the best of times in his presence, including record-breaking dominance of the hybrid era. The man just knew the right move. However, the icon passed on in 2019, leaving behind a void that stays unfilled to date. And the downward spiral that the team stands face to face with often makes the onlooker wonder if things would be any different if Lauda were around. And team’s CEO and TP echo the emotion.
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Formula One F1 – Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – March 16, 2023 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton during the press conference ahead of the Grand Prix REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri
As quoted by Motorsports Turkey, Wolff told the website Stats Perform, “After all these years, we still miss Niki a lot. He always manages to come up with simple solutions to complex problems and keep them simple. If he were here, I have to figure out what to say and how to act. We’ve both been very effective when we deliberately simplified a situation as much as possible and sometimes it pays off right away. But there are so many different details.”
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Adding that there is more than what meets the eye, he stated, “Formula 1 is a technical sport and my role was to translate our ideas into the design of the car. The rest is easy: the stopwatch never lies. Telemetry tells us right away what we missed and what we need to fix.”
And while Niki cannot be around to resolve it for the Silver Arrows, Wolff has now become open to even aping the rivals if that makes a difference.
Toto Wolff has “no shame” in getting inspired by Red Bull to build a fast car
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Zero sides pods for zero wins is what it has come down to at Mercedes. The team has not learned from its mistakes and rallied the flop design from last year. And to nobody’s surprise, the performance has been sublime. In the latest revelation, Toto Wolff calling for radical changes said they are open to adopting the Red Bull concept.
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Formula One F1 – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – December 10, 2021 Mercedes Executive Director Toto Wolff in the team principals press conference FIA/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
As quoted by Insidesport, Wolff said, “I think at this stage, we have no dogmatism of how the car should look like,” explained Wolff. “It just needs to be the quickest possible race car. And if that car looks like a Red Bull, or like SpaceX, I don’t care, it just needs to be quick. And if it’s a Red Bull, we will put a little bull somewhere with a sticker, and I will have no shame if it’s quick.”
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