沃尔夫解释梅赛德斯内部邮件泄露
梅赛德斯车队领队托托·沃尔夫解释了安东内利在墨西哥城夺得2026年世界冠军后，他发给全厂员工的邮件被泄露到网上的经过。
托托·沃尔夫解释梅赛德斯工厂内部邮件泄露到网上的经过
托托·沃尔夫解释他在安东内利2026年夺冠后发给全厂、随后泄露到网上的那封充满情绪的邮件
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赢得F1世界冠军会激起许多情绪，通常还会开很多香槟。但对梅赛德斯车队领队托托·沃尔夫来说，安东内利在墨西哥城历史性夺冠，让他突然产生冲动，要给员工写一篇极长的文章。
在巴西大奖赛第三节自由练习赛的转播中，天空体育F1主持人西蒙·拉岑比提到了一封最近流传到网上的、相当鼓舞人心的梅赛德斯内部邮件。
沃尔夫以一贯的面无表情风格，立刻调侃了这位主持人居然真的花时间把整封邮件读完了。
“你读了这么长的一封邮件？它挺长的，”沃尔夫开玩笑说。当拉岑比确认自己从头读到尾后，沃尔夫回击道：“我很惊讶，我上一次写[那么长的东西]还是在学校里压力山大的时候。”
玩笑归玩笑，沃尔夫解释了这封长篇信息背后的情感催化剂。作为正式签字同意让一个青少年坐进刘易斯·汉密尔顿传奇座驾的人，沃尔夫当时正被媒体和围场里涌来的祝贺信息淹没。他并不想要这些。
“那为什么是即兴的？因为那个周日晚上，我因为给了他机会而收到了太多赞誉，在意大利也是如此，”沃尔夫向天空体育团队解释道。“这让你非常自豪。但我觉得我需要把功劳归于所有可能不太受关注的人。”
一级方程式是终极的团队运动，把一名新秀从残酷的2025年低谷推向2026年世界冠军，需要整个工程师、策略师和导师团队的努力。沃尔夫想确保那些拧扳手、处理数据的男男女女知道，这座奖杯也属于他们。
“这封邮件，他甚至没有充分体现，因为还有更多人参与了决策过程，帮助他达到那个位置，”这位梅赛德斯老板继续说道。“这就是为什么我觉得至少需要向整个大团队表达我的感激之情。”
那么，一份私人的内部工厂备忘录是如何公开的？这要感谢梅赛德斯通讯主管兼高级领导层人物布拉德利·洛德。
当沃尔夫在深夜发出那封情绪激动的草稿邮件时，洛德显然觉得这条信息太精彩了，不该只锁在公司邮箱里。
布拉德利·洛德，梅赛德斯车队副领队
“然后布拉德利觉得这封邮件比平时更有巧思，”沃尔夫笑着说。“于是他就把它发到了领英上，结果就传开了。”
这可能是一次无心插柳的公关示范，但它让车迷难得地看到了沃尔夫在梅赛德斯车库内营造的育人文化，未经修饰、原汁原味。
英文原文
Toto Wolff explains the emotional Mercedes factory email leaked online
Toto Wolff explains the emotional, factory-wide email he sent after Kimi Antonelli's 2026 title win that leaked online
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Securing a Formula 1 world championship triggers a lot of emotions, and, usually, a lot of champagne. But for Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, Kimi Antonelli's historic title win in Mexico City triggered a sudden urge to write an incredibly long essay to his staff.
During the Free Practice 3 broadcast at the Brazilian Grand Prix, Sky Sports F1 presenter Simon Lazenby brought up a rather inspiring internal Mercedes email that recently made its way onto the internet.
Wolff, in classic deadpan fashion, immediately roasted the broadcaster for actually taking the time to read the whole thing.
"Did you read such a long email? It was quite long," Wolff joked. When Lazenby confirmed he read it all the way through, Wolff fired back, "I was surprised the last time I wrote it [something that long] was under severe pressure in school."
Jokes aside, Wolff explained the emotional catalyst behind the massive message. As the guy who officially signed off on putting a teenager into Lewis Hamilton's legendary seat, Wolff was getting flooded with congratulatory messages from the media and the paddock. He didn't want it.
"So why was it spontaneous? Because I got so much praise on that Sunday night about giving him the opportunity and in Italy," Wolff explained to the Sky Sports crew. "And it's something that makes you very proud. But I felt I needed to give credit to all the people that maybe weren't so much in the spotlight."
Formula 1 is the ultimate team sport, and pushing a rookie through a brutal 2025 slump to a 2026 World Championship took an entire village of engineers, strategists, and mentors. Wolff wanted to make sure the men and women turning the wrenches and crunching the data knew this was their trophy, too.
"This email, he didn't even give it justice because there is many more that were part of the decision-making process and getting him to where he was," the Mercedes boss continued. "And that's why I felt like I need to at least express my gratitude to the big team."
So how did a private, internal factory memo end up public? You can thank Mercedes communications boss and senior leadership figure Bradley Lord for that.
When Wolff hit send on his emotional late-night draft, Lord apparently decided the message was far too good to keep locked inside the company inbox.
Bradley Lord, Mercedes Deputy Team Principal
"And then Bradley felt that was a more clever email than normally," Wolff laughed. "So he put it on LinkedIn, and that it was when it was spread."
It might have been an accidental public relations masterclass, but it offered fans a rare, unscripted look at the nurturing culture Wolff has built inside the Mercedes garage.
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