While Susie Wolff was rumoured to run for presidency at the FIA, her husband, Toto Wolff, once again put these news to bed with a joke. The team principal and CEO also talked about F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali’s contract extension.
While Susie Wolff was rumoured to run for presidency at the FIA, her husband, Toto Wolff, once again put these news to bed with a joke. The team principal and CEO also talked about F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali’s contract extension.
While not many rookies had the best of experiences in Melbourne, Andrea Kimi Antonelli did impress with finishing in P4 at the chaotic Grand Prix. How did the Italian prepare for his debut? Mercedes now share a mic’d up video on the youngster’s first weekend.
Mercedes did not come out on top during the Chinese Grand Prix weekend, partly due to a strategy in sprint qualifying that later proved unnecessary. George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli drove with extra fuel in the car to allow for a second lap on the soft tyres should the first one fail. However, in hindsight, the team would not make that choice again, as acknowledged by trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin.
Former F1 driver Giedo van der Garde has criticised an ‘asleep’ Lando Norris over his performance during the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix, summarising the McLaren driver’s weekend overall in a stern warning: “That’s how you never become world champion.”
F1 teams McLaren and Mercedes can look back on a successful Chinese Grand Prix, following their achievements at the Shanghai International Circuit last Sunday.
Former Formula One engineer Bernie Collins has questioned why Red Bull didn’t use Mercedes’ approach to preparing Andrea Kimi Antonelli for his rookie season with Liam Lawson.
Could a second Formula 1 Grand Prix be hosted in China? Toto Wolff would be open to that idea in principle, given what he has seen this past weekend in Shanghai, as he enjoyed the atmosphere at the track.
In the recent weeks, after Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s comments about the return of the V10 engines, many got eager to to have these power units again in Formula 1. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff explained that his team would be open if that would turn out to be the case.
Toto Wolff will not be present at the Japanese Grand Prix. The Mercedes team boss will miss out on the third race weekend of the year.
Goerge Russell finished in P3 in the Chinese Grand Prix last Sunday after clearing the field behins him and fighting momentarily with Lando Norris for P2. Although he lost that tussle with his fellow Briton, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, sees the positives in his driver’s result and claims he’s en route to becoming the best in F1… philosophically.
