“Man of His Word”: Despite Lewis Hamilton’s Traumatic Experience, Toto Wolff Fulfills His Challenging Promise to Earn a Seal of Approval From Fans

It’s no secret Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes collectively suffered the most detrimental season in their F1 career both in terms of reputation and morale. The team’s interpretation of the 2022 regulations gave birth to the W13 which had shockingly disappointing output. The car brought a lot of misery to the entire team, especially Hamilton. Perhaps a year too late, Mercedes took accountability for their mistakes and completely discarded the flawed sidepod concept and even got the fans excited. However, this isn’t Mercedes’s only sign of learning from their mistakes.

The entire team will always be humbled and get a reminder of their mistakes whenever they visit Brackley. How? As seen in a Tweet, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff put the W13 chassis on display in the factory. Why did he do that though?

Back in 2022, after the Abu Dhabi GP, Wolff made a statement of intent. He said, “We’re going to put this car in the reception in Brackley and Brixworth to remind us every single day how difficult it can be.” 

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The Austrian boss has stayed true to his word and has put the cause of Hamilton’s trauma on display in the factories. This showcases how true to his word Wolff is and how serious he is about improving. This act of accountability has garnered a lot of appreciation from the fans.

Toto Wolff gets the fans’ appreciation despite putting the W13 on display, the major cause of misery for Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton might not want a reminder of his biggest setback in Formula 1 history every time he visits the factories. However, that is exactly what he will get. Although, this does show the team, perhaps including Hamilton, is not shying away from their accepting the mistakes. Additionally, the fans really appreciated this gesture.

However, this gesture also attracted some negative comments and a bleak forecast from the fans.

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The world of Formula 1 is ruthless down to the fans and that is exactly what some showed in the replies to the tweet. The worrying aspect is, as things stand, this forecasting is not far from reality.