沃尔夫开玩笑称梅赛德斯已有维斯塔潘参加“真正的英雄赛”
在赞德福特举行的梅赛德斯媒体见面会上，沃尔夫与荷兰记者开玩笑说，梅赛德斯已经拥有维斯塔潘参加“真正的英雄赛”，延续了近年来该环节常出惊人言论的传统。
沃尔夫开玩笑称梅赛德斯已有维斯塔潘参加“真正的英雄赛”
托托·沃尔夫表示，梅赛德斯与马克斯·维斯塔潘的路径已经交汇，只是不在F1中。他开玩笑说，这位荷兰人已经代表梅赛德斯参加了一些年度最重要的比赛——包括纽博格林24小时赛。
按照传统，梅赛德斯会在赞德福特为沃尔夫和荷兰媒体代表组织一场特别的媒体见面会。近年来，这些圆桌会议常常产生一些引人注目的言论，也让梅赛德斯车队成员感到有趣。
例如，两年前在赞德福特，沃尔夫或多或少地确认了基米·安东内利的F1晋升，尽管正式宣布要到一周后的蒙扎才进行。
去年，沃尔夫公开谈论了与维斯塔潘关于可能转会梅赛德斯的谈判，并在话题转向两人多张AI生成图片时引起了一些惊讶。沃尔夫还拿自己和维斯塔潘的AI生成图片开玩笑，包括网上流传的露骨深度伪造图片。
在今年对话开始时，沃尔夫显然还记得所有这些时刻，他笑着说：“你知道，让我先进入状态，然后我会给你们几句妙语！”
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随后沃尔夫谈到了维斯塔潘与红牛的新合同。据这位梅赛德斯车队负责人称，去年转会的可能性比过去几个月更大，这一点在春季就已经很明显了。
在去年的荷兰媒体见面会上，沃尔夫曾表示他觉得他们的路径终会交汇。当Autosport问及维斯塔潘的新红牛合同是否明确改变了这种感觉时，沃尔夫澄清说，在他看来，他们的路径已经交汇——只是不在F1中。
“嗯，路径已经在GT赛事中交汇了。我认为一年半前我们共同开发那个项目时，这看起来不太可能，”沃尔夫说。“看起来不太可能，因为红牛会允许马克斯驾驶梅赛德斯GT3吗？
“但他们思想开放，我们对此表示感谢，因为这个项目取得了成功，红牛梅赛德斯项目。我们两个品牌和马克斯之间有了这种合作，很高兴看到它成功了。”
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沃尔夫随后开玩笑说，因此梅赛德斯得到了维斯塔潘参加他所认为的“真正的英雄赛”——北环的耐力赛，其中纽博格林24小时赛是绝对亮点。
“没错！你知道，我们在F1有这些巨大的砂石区和平坦的缓冲区。真正的比赛是在树林中穿梭，上下坡越过山脊和盲弯。还要对抗Dacia！”
最后这句话中，沃尔夫指的是Olli's Garage 比赛，该车队在绿色地狱的标志性24小时赛中使用Dacia Logan参赛。
提到Dacia后，沃尔夫立即转向在场的新闻官，告诉他梅赛德斯应该邀请Dacia车队参加一场真正的F1大奖赛。
“不，说真的，他们是英雄！”沃尔夫笑着说。所有这些都增添了北环的魔力，沃尔夫很享受看到维斯塔潘驾驶Winward梅赛德斯-AMG GT3。
“你在北环昼夜、雾雨和冰雪中与150辆车比赛。所以显然这些比赛都不是24小时，但那些才是真正的英雄赛。”
维斯塔潘在梅赛德斯能否获得同样的自由？
维斯塔潘和沃尔夫的路径是否会在F1中交汇，后者不敢预测，只是因为没人知道两三年后车手市场会是什么样子。
“未来会怎样，我不知道，但心态就是我刚才说的。我不知道路径会在哪里交汇。会在卡丁车、GT，还是F1或未来其他合作项目中？
“我认为有一天可能会发生，但也许不一定是马克斯驾驶梅赛德斯F1赛车。”
后者可能也不再必要，因为梅赛德斯已经拥有了未来的明星基米·安东内利。
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另一个问题是，维斯塔潘是否会在另一支F1车队获得同样的自由去追求外部赛车项目。
“我认为每支车队都不同，但我想做的是找出是什么让车手在我们的结构中跑得快。
“我们需要提供什么样的框架来提取车手的最佳表现，其中一部分显然是福祉。这也是我非常热衷的事情。”
英文原文
Wolff jokes that Mercedes already has Verstappen for the "real hero races"
Toto Wolff says Mercedes and Max Verstappen's paths are already crossing, just not in F1 as he jokes that the Dutchman is already in a Mercedes for some of the biggest races of the year - including the Nurburgring 24 Hours
As is tradition, Mercedes organises a special media session with Wolff and representatives of the Dutch press at Zandvoort. In recent years, those roundtables have often produced some eye-catching comments, much to the amusement of Mercedes team members as well.
Two years ago at Zandvoort, for example, Wolff more or less confirmed Kimi Antonelli's F1 promotion, even though the formal announcement was not scheduled until a week later at Monza.
Last year, Wolff spoke openly about the talks with Verstappen over a potential move to Mercedes and caused some surprise when the subject turned to several AI-generated pictures of the pair. Wolff also joked about AI-generated images of himself and Verstappen, including explicit deepfakes circulating online.
At the start of this year’s conversation, Wolff clearly still remembered all those moments and laughed: “You know, let me get into the groove and then I'll give you a few punchlines!”
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Wolff then addressed Verstappen’s new Red Bull deal. According to the Mercedes team principal, the chances of a move were greater last year than they have been over the past few months, something that already became clear in the spring.
During last year’s Dutch media session, Wolff said he felt their paths would cross at some point. Asked by Autosport whether Verstappen’s new Red Bull contract has definitively changed that feeling, Wolff clarified that, in his view, their paths are already crossing – just not in F1.
“Well, the paths have crossed already with the GT racing. I think when we jointly developed that programme a year and a half ago it seemed a long shot,” Wolff said. “It seemed to be a long shot because could Red Bull ever allow Max in a Mercedes GT3?
“But they were open-minded and we are thankful for that because the project has been a success, the Red Bull Mercedes project. We have this joint cooperation between the two brands and Max, and it is nice to see that it’s successful.”
#3 Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing, Mercedes AMG GT3 EVO: Max Verstappen, Daniel Juncadella, Jules Gounon, Lucas Auer
Wolff then joked that Mercedes therefore gets Verstappen for what he considers the “real hero races” — the endurance events on the Nordschleife, with the Nurburgring 24 Hours as the absolute highlight.
“Exactly! You know, we have these things here in F1 with massive gravel traps and flat run-off zones. The real racing is where you go through the trees and up and downs over crests and blind corners. And against the Dacia!”
With those final words, Wolff is referring to Olli’s Garage Racing, which competes with a Dacia Logan in the iconic 24-hour race in the Green Hell.
After mentioning the Dacia, Wolff immediately turned to the press officer present, telling him that Mercedes should invite the Dacia crew to an actual F1 Grand Prix.
“No, seriously, they are heroes!” Wolff laughed. All of those things contribute to the magic of the Nordschleife, with Wolff enjoying seeing Verstappen behind the wheel of the Winward Mercedes-AMG GT3.
“You race against 150 cars on the Nordschleife in day and night, fog and rain, and ice. So obviously none of these races are 24 hours, but those are the real hero races.”
Could Verstappen ever get the same freedom at Mercedes?
Whether Verstappen and Wolff’s paths will ever cross in F1 is something the latter does not dare to predict, if only because nobody knows what the driver market will look like in two or three years’ time.
“And what the future holds, I don't know, but the mindset is what I have just said. I don't know where the paths are going to cross. Will it be in karting, will it be in GTs, or will it be in F1 or some other joint projects in the future?
“I think that may happen one day, but maybe not necessarily with Max in a Mercedes Formula 1 car.”
The latter may not be necessary either, now that Mercedes already has its star of the future in Kimi Antonelli.
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Another question is whether Verstappen would receive the same freedom to pursue outside racing projects at another F1 team.
“I think every team is different, but I think what I am trying to do is to identify what it is that makes the driver fast within our structure.
“What kind of framework do we need to provide to extract the best performance of the driver, and part of that is obviously the well-being. And that is something that I am very keen on as well.”
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