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“Dead in the Maldives…”: Toto Wolff Reveals F1 Retirement Plans Amid Mercedes Struggles

Published 04/27/2022, 11:31 AM EDT

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Mercedes, as their poor pace and porpoising problems persist, needs to take a step back and rethink things. The German car manufacturers really got it wrong this time. But with Toto Wolff at the helm, they won’t rest. Not until they resolve all their existing issues with the W13. Recently, the team principal spoke up about the struggling start and his stance on the situation.

 

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Will Toto Wolff retire amid the current Mercedes 2022 struggles?

With their worst start of a season in the entire turbo-hybrid era, Mercedes is all over the place. Especially with the W13’s porpoising performance issues. The team principal of the Silver Arrows, Toto Wolff, solidified his stance on the team. After the poor weekend at Imola, he even apologized to Lewis on the team radio. And in a recent interview, Wolff shared his thoughts on his plans to retire from the sport or team.

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“The problem is that I’m dead in the Maldives without what I’m doing here. The activity in the team, developing the team, is what I really enjoy. Formula 1 is booming. On the revenue side, things are going very well and this is what I actually want to do all my life. In that respect, the question hasn’t arisen until now to say: that’s it.” said Wolff.

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Despite the tough start to the season, Toto is not cashing out on Mercedes soon.

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All failures are part of learning

“Where did we go wrong? In my time, we did eight out of eight strikes and now we’ve really gone wrong. It’s not like we’re just three-tenths off. But in terms of our personality development, and the values in our team, as bad as it feels, this is an important development. There is no one who is infallible. We’re seeing that right now. But the team is capable of turning things around.” claimed Wolff.

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Considering Lewis’s performance in Imola, Mercedes is clearly in a tough spot. But Toto has complete faith in his engineers.

Let’s hope they can figure out a solution to their problems in the near future. Or else, Mercedes will have to make peace with their reality.

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Mahim Suhalka is an F1 Author at EssentiallySports. This Sports Management post-graduate is an ardent supporter of the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team and their lead driver, Lewis Hamilton. The fact that Lewis dominated one of the most expensive sports in the world for all these years, despite his humble beginnings, has been a huge inspiration for Mahim and has made him a tenured fan of the competitive sport itself.
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Ranvijay Singh