Hamilton Collector – Toto Wolff: “Lewis is listening, he is constantly evolving!”

He has stood by his side since 2013 and will remain his most influential boss. Whatever he may have shared yesterday with Ron Dennis at McLaren and whatever he will share tomorrow with Frédéric Vasseur at Ferrari, it is with Toto Wolff at Mercedes that Lewis Hamilton built his legend, for eleven years. 

Published 01/01/2025 à 18:00

Jean-Michel Desnoues

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Hamilton Collector – Toto Wolff: “Lewis is listening, he is constantly evolving!”

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Do you remember your first meeting with Lewis and the first impression he left on you?

It was to Brackley, in March 2013, during the presentation of the car W04. Lewis was already a superstar when I was still quite young in this industry. Formula 1 (he had left Williams F1 Team to take over as executive director two months ago. Editor's note: There was immediately a great mutual respect between us.

Is recruiting him to replace Michael Schumacher in 2013 was obvious?

I wasn't there yet when the first contacts took place. While I was negotiating my own contract, there were Niki's discussions in parallel (Lauda, ​​non-executive chairman

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