Mercedes staff chief Toto Wolff has been branded a “class act” by followers after the Brackley outfit shared a video of the Austrian reacting to Lewis Hamilton securing third behind Kimi Antonelli and George Russell in qualifying for the Chinese language Grand Prix.
“I truly thought for a second that we had three vehicles,” he mentioned to the digital camera as he seemed on the timing screens. “First, second and third. Have to get used to it.”
As he pointed to the three posing collectively for images after qualifying, a voice from behind the digital camera mentioned, “One is in purple proper now.”
Wolff responded with a smile, “Nonetheless our driver.”
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Hamilton and Wolff loved a profitable partnership in the course of the Briton’s time with the staff between 2013 and 2024, with Hamilton securing six of his seven championship titles with the Wolff-led staff.
“‘Nonetheless our driver’ – Toto, China (2026) [face holding back tears emoji],” one fan commented, whereas one other added: “Toto Wolff is simply my man. His love for Lewis is real.”
Another person posted: “That ‘nonetheless our driver’ hits exhausting.”
“Toto is a category act… He’s turning into a real legend of our sport,” another person wrote, and one other fan commented: “Toto is aware of you possibly can change the paint, however you possibly can’t overwrite 12 years of execution. For him, seeing a Mercedes 1-2 adopted by Lewis in P3 is just essentially the most environment friendly strategy to organise a grid. Perhaps it is time for Toto to share the ‘get together mode’ particulars to Lewis.”
Different feedback included: “This hurts me just a little bit. Miss the Mercedes household”, “Hamilton is all the time a Mercedes Household,” and “Wolff is sort of a proud older brother.”
The Chinese language Grand Prix is the second spherical of the 2026 season and is about for lights out at 3pm native time (7am GMT).
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