MotorSports
Sep 18, 2025
  • Motorsports News
  • Formula 1
  • IndyCar
  • NASCAR
  • Rally
  • SportsCars
  • Touring
  • WEC
Font ResizerAa
MotorSportsMotorSports
Search
  • Categories
  • Forums
  • More Foxiz
    • Blog Index
    • Sitemap
Sign In Sign In
Follow US
Made by ThemeRuby using the Foxiz theme. Powered by WordPress
Toto Wolff clarifies Lewis Hamilton feedback after questioning his ‘cognitive sharpness’
Formula 1

Toto Wolff clarifies Lewis Hamilton feedback after questioning his ‘cognitive sharpness’

By Miles Cooper November 19, 2024
SHARE
- Advertisement -

Toto Wolff clarifies Lewis Hamilton feedback after questioning his ‘cognitive sharpness’

Toto Wolff has clarified the feedback he makes in a brand new guide that seem to query Lewis Hamilton’s “cognitive sharpness” and “shelf life”, saying they’ve been taken out of context and describing the seven-time world champion as nonetheless “very sharp”.

The Mercedes F1 workforce principal informed the the creator of a brand new guide Inside Mercedes F1: Life within the Quick Lane, which adopted the workforce all through its troubled 2023 season, and for the primary a part of 2024, that he “favored” the scenario that Mercedes discovered themselves in after Hamilton dropped the bombshell information earlier this 12 months that he was becoming a member of Ferrari from 2025.

“It helps us as a result of it avoids the second the place we have to inform the game’s most iconic driver that we need to cease,” Wolff mentioned, including there was “a motive” they’d solely supplied Hamilton a one-year deal for 2024, with a one-year possibility to increase.

“We’re in a sport the place cognitive sharpness is extraordinarily essential, and I consider everybody has a shelf life,” the Austrian mentioned. “So I would like to have a look at the subsequent era. It’s the identical in soccer. Managers like Sir Alex Ferguson or Pep Guardiola. They anticipated it within the efficiency of their prime stars and introduced in junior gamers that drove the workforce for the subsequent years.”

Lewis Hamilton has three races left as a Mercedes driver

Wolff’s feedback prompted numerous tales claiming he was “completely satisfied” 39-year-old , because the seven-time world champion was .

Talking to the BBC Radio 4’s In the present day programme on Tuesday, forward of this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix – the primary race in a triple-header which can convey the curtain down on the 2024 season – Wolff mentioned he wished to make clear what he meant.

“You recognize that was taken somewhat bit out of context,” Wolff informed presenter Amol Rajan. “What I used to be referring to was that every one of us age, whether or not it’s in a automotive, on a pitch, or as a supervisor or entrepreneur. And that’s what I’m making an attempt to do with myself, perceive, ‘Am I going from nice to good?’ As a result of good shouldn’t be in Components One any extra.”

“Now opposite to my very own self-assessment, I believe we see with Lewis that he’s very a lot there when the automotive is correct. And we haven’t been capable of give him that automotive to carry out his finest, and that could be a frustration that we share equally within the workforce, and for himself.

“However he’s very sharp. He’s totally different to when he was a 20-year-old, that’s definitely clear. However his expertise and his race craft is large.”

Mercedes have signed 18-year-old Italian Kimi Antonelli, who has been managed by Wolff since his early days in karting, to race alongside George Russell subsequent 12 months.

Kimi Antonelli will replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes from next season

Hamilton had a tough race in Brazil final outing, ending tenth to Russell’s fourth, and prompting hypothesis that he may sit out the ultimate three races. However Wolff mentioned there was no query of that taking place.

“We head to Las Vegas able to sort out the ultimate three races of the season,” he mentioned within the workforce’s pre-race press launch. “We’re centered on ending this 12 months as strongly as doable and offering some extra highlights as we shut out 2024. We’re wanting ahead to the races forward, to ending our unimaginable journey with Lewis on a excessive and to constructing momentum for 2025.”

- Advertisement --
TAGGED:clarifiescognitivecommentsHamiltonLewisquestioningsharpnessTotoWolff
Previous Article System 1: How Max Verstappen can clinch the 2024 world championship at Las Vegas System 1: How Max Verstappen can clinch the 2024 world championship at Las Vegas
Next Article Arrow McLaren and Workforce Principal Gavin Ward half methods  Arrow McLaren and Workforce Principal Gavin Ward half methods 
Leave a Comment Leave a Comment

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


- Advertisement -
Will Power’s Departure: A New Chapter Begins as Penske Confirms His Exit After 18 Seasons
Will Power’s Departure: A New Chapter Begins as Penske Confirms His Exit After 18 Seasons
IndyCar
Power Partnership: TSR and Elite Motorsports Team Up for NHRA Success!
Power Partnership: TSR and Elite Motorsports Team Up for NHRA Success!
Motorsports News
Exclusive Insights: Lewis Hamilton Reveals Behind-the-Scenes Secrets from the F1 Film Starring Damson Idris!
Exclusive Insights: Lewis Hamilton Reveals Behind-the-Scenes Secrets from the F1 Film Starring Damson Idris!
Formula 1
Can Red Bull Maintain Its Surprising Speed in Baku After Verstappen’s Monza Victory?
Can Red Bull Maintain Its Surprising Speed in Baku After Verstappen’s Monza Victory?
Formula 1
Tony Stewart Faces a Tough Battle After Harrowing NHRA Crash
Tony Stewart Faces a Tough Battle After Harrowing NHRA Crash
NASCAR
WRC Rally Estonia: Oliver Solberg dominates in shock Rally1 victory
WRC Rally Estonia: Oliver Solberg dominates in shock Rally1 victory
Rally

Categories

Archives

November 2024
MTWTFSS
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930 
« Oct   Dec »

You Might Also Like

7 finest Formulation 1 espresso desk books for F1 followers
Formula 1

7 finest Formulation 1 espresso desk books for F1 followers

By Miles Cooper January 2, 2025
Max Verstappen and George Russell present no urge for food for small discuss at spicy drivers’ dinner
Formula 1

Max Verstappen and George Russell present no urge for food for small discuss at spicy drivers’ dinner

By Miles Cooper December 6, 2024
Russell by no means anticipated GPDA F1 position to get “so political”
Formula 1

Russell by no means anticipated GPDA F1 position to get “so political”

By Miles Cooper December 23, 2024
F1 manufacturers push back against V10, discuss 2026 convergence options
Formula 1

F1 manufacturers push back against V10, discuss 2026 convergence options

By Charlotte Adams April 16, 2025
George Russell: The New Star on Aston Martin’s Radar!
Formula 1

George Russell: The New Star on Aston Martin’s Radar!

By Caleb Wilson June 18, 2025
Qatar poised for buy-in of Audi’s F1 workforce
Formula 1

Qatar poised for buy-in of Audi’s F1 workforce

By Miles Cooper November 10, 2024

MotorSports-News

@2024 – All Right Reserved.
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Username or Email Address
Password

Lost your password?