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Max Verstappen is being linked with a move to Mercedes

Wolff knocks back speculation about Verstappen talks

Mercedes Formula One team boss Toto Wolff has knocked back speculation about a meeting with Max Verstappen's management after this weekend's Miami Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 30 Apr 24

Max Verstappen celebrates after winning at Suzuka

Nobody will catch Verstappen this year - Wolff

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff insists Max Verstappen's fourth consecutive title is already a foregone conclusion after the Red Bull driver cruised to victory at the Japanese Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 07 Apr 24

Toto Wolff (l) speaks with Christian Horner at F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain

Wolff urges F1 to 'set compass right' on Horner issue

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has urged Formula One and its governing body to "set the compass right" amid continued controversy surrounding Christian Horner.

Motorsport • 02 Mar 24

Wolff wants transparency from Horner investigation

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has called for Red Bull's investigation into Christian Horner to be transparent – and said the controversy is "an issue for all of Formula One".

Motorsport • 21 Feb 24

Hamilton and Wolff have enjoyed a very successful decade together

Wolff holds no grudge against Hamilton despite timing

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff insists he will not "hold a grudge" against Lewis Hamilton after the seven-time world champion announced he will be joining rivals Ferrari.

Motorsport • 02 Feb 24

Toto Wolff (C) to remain in charge of Mercedes team and its drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell

Co-owner Wolff sure he remains the man to lead Mercedes

Toto Wolff is to remain as Mercedes team principal and chief executive after signing a new contract covering the next three seasons.

Motorsport • 15 Jan 24

Mercedes GP executive director Toto Wolff with his wife Susie Wolff, the managing director of the F1 Academy

Wolff in 'legal exchange' with FIA after probe dropped

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said he is in "active legal exchange with the FIA" after the governing body launched and subsequently dropped an investigation into claims of an alleged conflict of interest with his wife, Susie.

Motorsport • 08 Dec 23

Horner: Red Bull did not complain to FIA over Wolff

Christian Horner maintains Red Bull did not raise any official complaint with the FIA over allegations F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff and her husband, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, shared confidential information.

Motorsport • 06 Dec 23

'He almost sounds like he's an employee of our team, but luckily he is not'

Verstappen fires back at Wolff over 'Wikipedia' remark

Max Verstappen has told Toto Wolff to focus on his own team after he called the Dutchman's record winning streak "completely irrelevant" and "for Wikipedia".

Motorsport • 14 Sep 23

Toto Wolff is confident that Lewis Hamilton will sign a new deal with Mercedes

Hamilton could sign Mercedes deal this week - Wolff

Lewis Hamilton's Formula One future could be resolved as early as before this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 13 Jun 23

The seven-time F1 champion endured a difficult 2022 by his standards

Talks over new Hamilton contract with Mercedes underway

Lewis Hamilton has started negotiations with Mercedes over a new deal, according to team principal Toto Wolff.

Motorsport • 15 Feb 23

Lewis Hamilton has had a season to forget

Mercedes boss defends Hamilton after nightmare season

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has defended Lewis Hamilton's worst season in Formula One saying it is "irrelevant" that team-mate George Russell beat him.

Motorsport • 21 Nov 22

"We were a little bit taken aback by the comments from our two rival teams"

Horner threatens legal action over Wolff claims

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has accused rival boss Toto Wolff of "hugely defamatory, fictitious claims" and threatened legal action against Mercedes amid the cheat row overshadowing this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 01 Oct 22

Christian Horner and Toto Wolff at the Italian Grand Prix

Wolff urges action as Red Bull deny salary cap breach

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has demanded Formula One's governing body the FIA take robust action over reports Red Bull broke the rules when Max Verstappen beat Lewis Hamilton to last year's world championship.

Motorsport • 30 Sep 22

Wolff questions Tsunoda's retirement in Dutch GP

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has raised questions about Yuki Tsunoda's retirement from the Dutch Grand Prix, which assisted Max Verstappen's victory.

Motorsport • 05 Sep 22

Wolff slams 'total idiots' after Dutch flare incident

Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes boss Toto Wolff fears a Formula One driver could face "lethal consequences" if flares are thrown on to the track at Sunday's Dutch Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 03 Sep 22

Lewis Hamilton will start fourth in Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix

Wolff: Hamilton feels like he is dragging a parachute

Lewis Hamilton told Toto Wolff he feels like he is dragging a parachute behind him as the Mercedes boss labelled his team's abject qualifying for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix as "unacceptable".

Motorsport • 27 Aug 22

Wolff: Mercedes undergoing 'exercise in humility'

Formula One champions Mercedes are going through an "exercise in humility" after years of success but they will be stronger for it, team boss Toto Wolff said after more pain in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.

Motorsport • 28 Mar 22

Lewis Hamilton finished third in Bahrain with George Russell in fourth

Mercedes boss: Hamilton title challenge a 'long shot'

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says Lewis Hamilton only has a very long shot of fighting for this year's Formula One world championship.

Motorsport • 21 Mar 22

Toto Wolff (L) and Christian Horner at press conference in Qatar today

Wolff and Horner trade barbs as Verstappen is cleared

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff admits he was unsurprised to see a right for review against Max Verstappen denied as the most thrilling Formula One title fight in years spilled over into a war of words with Red Bull boss Christian Horner.

Motorsport • 19 Nov 21

Toto Wolff and Christian Horner have needled each other all year

He's behind you. Panto season comes early to Formula 1

The fat lady has yet to sing when it comes to the outcome of the Formula One title battle - but the pantomime dame is already getting a mention.

Motorsport • 07 Nov 21

Horner hits back as Hamilton is fastest in practice

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner called rival boss Toto Wolff a "pantomime dame" before taking aim at the Mercedes executive's claim that Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen's ferocious championship battle will be determined by a collision.

Motorsport • 05 Nov 21

No reason to replace Bottas, says Mercedes boss

Formula One champions Mercedes will not be replacing Valtteri Bottas this season unless he is unable to race, team boss Toto Wolff said on Friday.

Motorsport • 07 May 21

Lewis Hamilton, left, and George Russell

Hamilton: Russell respect for taking responsibility

Lewis Hamilton has hailed George Russell for taking responsibility for his 200mph collision with Valtteri Bottas at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 20 Apr 21

'I am going to speak to George and make my point'

Wolff not impressed by Russell's collision with Bottas

Toto Wolff has branded George Russell's claim that Valtteri Bottas deliberately caused their 200mph crash as "bulls***" – and fears the accident could hinder Lewis Hamilton's charge for an eighth world championship.

Motorsport • 19 Apr 21