Mercedes Boss Toto Wolff Reveals the Biggest ‘Shame’ With 2022 F1 Cars

Ahead of the British Grand Prix, Formula 1 finally took off the covers from its next-generation car. This was the first time when the full-scale model of the next-gen car was unveiled in front of the fans.

While many fans and the F1 fraternity were excited about the recent highly anticipated reveal at Silverstone, Toto Wolff wasn’t too pumped about the new car

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What did Toto Wolff say?

As quoted by GP Fans, Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, believes all 20 cars on the grid will look near-identical because of the rigid regulations.

“I think you will get very slight variations on a theme. The regulations are so tight now that the variance between the cars will really be quite minimal,” said Wolff.

“The differences will no doubt be under the skin of the car, which is kind of a shame, that we are going down a route where the shape is so constrained and it will be the livery that will be the biggest differentiator between the cars,” said the Mercedes team boss.

McLaren CEO Zak Brown agrees with the Mercedes team principal

Zak Brown missed the proceedings for the keenly awaited next-gen car reveal because of a positive coronavirus test. In addition to that, he also missed the opportunity to get behind the wheel of Mario Andretti’s championship-winning Lotus79 car.

While he wasn’t there for the reveal, the McLaren CEO agrees with Wolff’s comments. He said, “I don’t think [they will be] radically different because we are all playing within very confined rules so I’ve seen what ours looks like, it’s subtly different.

“Obviously, I didn’t see the car live, only visuals of it. Hopefully, it is a better race car, and it does what it is intended to do in terms of making racing closer.”

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Do you agree with Wolff and Brown? If you do, will this similarity between the cars prevent one single team from dominating an F1 era?