Our competitors finished 2024 strongly and we know that Ferrari, Red Bull, and McLaren in particular, should have a performance advantage over us initially.”

Not long after Lewis Hamilton announced his move to Ferrari from Mercedes at the start of the 2024 F1 campaign, Toto Wolff vented some of his frustrations to his wife

Sainz was overlooked by the Silver Arrows, who put their eggs into the Verstappen basket, hoping that the investigation into Christian Horner and uncertainty surrounding Helmut Marko’s future would destabilise Red Bull. Despite talks with Jos Verstappen, Wolff was unable to lure the reigning champion away from the Milton Keynes squad.

Toto Wolff promised Lewis Hamilton he wouldn’t pursue a move for Max Verstappen while the Brit was at Mercedes, as revealed in the new season of Drive to Survive. The Mercedes team principal, who worked with Hamilton for 12 years,

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has declared that he wants “to beat” Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari on track in F1 2025 despite the firm friendship between the pair. And he joked that he spent 12 years trying to convince Hamilton to wear a suit,

Toto Wolff pledged not to try to bring Max Verstappen to Mercedes while Lewis Hamilton was with the team. The Silver Arrows’ boss pushed hard to get the four-time world champion on board last summer but to no avail. Hamilton’s exit left Wolff in a problematic spot last season.