Toto Wolff Blames Himself for “Doing More Harm” to Wife Susie’s Racing Career

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and his wife Susie are “The” power couple in Formula 1. The pair got married in 2011 and both have enjoyed excellent individual careers. However, Toto blames his presence in Susie’s life for harming her racing career.

Toto is currently the Mercedes boss who has led them to an unprecedented 8 years of glory. He’s been an immense presence at the Brackley-based outfit. He’s also foreseen two F1 champions, Lewis Hamilton who has won 6 times with the Silver Arrows, and Nico Rosberg who beat Lewis in 2016.

Meanwhile, his wife Susie was a former test driver for Williams Racing and had a promising future in front of her. However, Toto revealed to Motorsport in an old interview that his marriage to Susie has done more harm than good for her racing career.

Toto said, “Susie is a small woman with a big character, who was at Mercedes before I was. When I took an interest in HWA (Mercedes’ DTM team), she was already in the DTM.”

The Austrian continued, “What makes me a little sad is that I am aware of doing more harm than good to her career that she built up long before she knew me. I often hear her described as ‘the wife of Toto Wolff’, which is fundamentally unfair. There are advertising contracts that she cannot conclude because of me and the conflict of interest.”

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Mercedes and Toto suffered an embarrassing season and will hope to move on quickly past it. It’s intriguing to see if they can recover and come back stronger next season.

Toto Wolff reveals Lewis Hamilton’s contract extension on Mercedes’ list this winter

The 2022 season might be over, but Mercedes’ worries are not. Star driver Lewis Hamilton, whose contract runs down in 2023, is yet to sign an extension. Despite neither the driver nor Toto Wolff being worried about it, the Austrian revealed that Hamilton’s contract extension is on the Silver Arrows’ list this winter.

Toto revealed on F1’s Beyond the Grid podcast, “Well, the job list is pretty long with what’s needed to be done. But certainly, Lewis’ contract is one of the topics that we will tackle over the winter. There is no firm deadline.”

Lewis recently raced in his 200th GP with Mercedes in the Abu Dhabi GP. He’s currently top of the list of entering most races with a single constructor.

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Hamilton will be hoping that Mercedes utilizes their time correctly in the winter break and rolls out a competitive car next season. After not challenging for a win for most of this season, he’ll be itching to fight for the top spot again. Can Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton find their groove back and challenge for race wins again?