Toto and Susie Wolff have been noticed cruising across the streets of Monte Carlo within the Mercedes Method 1 crew chief’s Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster.
The 300 SL Roadster, produced from 1957 to 1963, succeeded the Gullwing coupé, which can be featured in Wolff’s storage. The roadster is powered by a three-litre straight-six engine, able to producing 215 horsepower, accelerating from 0-62mph in 8.9 seconds and reaching a high velocity of 155mph.
With simply 1858 models ever constructed, experiences worth the sports activities automotive at a staggering $1million to $1.5million.
Wolff’s automotive assortment can be understood to incorporate the Mercedes-AMG ONE and beforehand a Ferrari F40, Mercedes-Benz SL 65, Ferrari LaFerrari and Ferrari Enzo.
This comes forward of the 2026 Method 1 season, which welcomes a wave of latest laws to the championship. With Mercedes’ earlier success within the 2014-21 hybrid period, expectations are excessive for the Brackley outfit to search out related success this 12 months. Wolff has been positive to handle these expectations, although, because the crew prepares for the pre-season testing.
“Nicely, I’d very a lot hope so. However I am a infamous pessimist, and the glass is all the time half empty somewhat than half full,” the Mercedes crew chief defined throughout a Mercedes debrief video.
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“And we have set ourselves targets on the facility unit and the identical on the chassis. Whether or not these targets have been bold sufficient, whether or not we’ve missed the trick… whether or not our execution goes to be as faultless appropriately? I do not know.
“We’ll see some glimpses of efficiency stability in testing late in January after which in Bahrain. However I believe the secret goes to be the fixed improvement of the instruments all through the season.”
For F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff, the 2026 season for the all-female racing sequence will start on the Shanghai Worldwide Circuit in China for the primary spherical from 13-15 March.
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