托托·沃尔夫透露正在积极物色“两到三人”接替他在梅赛德斯的工作
托托·沃尔夫自2013年以来一直是梅赛德斯F1的领军人物，但现在他正在为退出车队做准备。
托托·沃尔夫透露他正在积极物色“两到三人”来接替他在梅赛德斯的工作
沃尔夫承认他的巨大运营角色可能将被两名或三名当前团队成员分担
对于梅赛德斯车迷来说，这里是关于银箭的最新消息，包括来自Brackley和Brixworth的F1新闻、车手更新、赛车发展和比赛分析
自2013年以来，托托·沃尔夫一直是梅赛德斯F1的领军人物，政治肌肉和战略支柱，引导Brackley车队通过了一个前所未有的统治时代。然而，随着这项运动的扩展和艰苦的24站赛程对身体造成的压力，这位亿万富翁车队老板正在积极为最终退出维修区做准备
在Cheeky Pint播客的最新一期节目中，沃尔夫详细介绍了他的继任计划。与一些体育高管为了保护自己的传奇而紧紧抓住权力不同，沃尔夫坚称他严格专注于长期稳定。
“对我来说，你知道，留下遗产……对我来说，重要的是做对家庭和车队最好的事情，这意味着要考虑未来的结构，这样这个车队在没有我的情况下也能生存，”他解释道。
因为沃尔夫既是车队负责人又是赛车运动部门的CEO，直接接替他的人实际上是不可能的。工作负荷包括技术监督、激烈的商业谈判和车手管理。
“我相信我的工作将分给两三个人，我现在正在对他们进行审查，我认为他们在各自的领域都做得很好，”沃尔夫确认。
F1赛车场在2023年底实际上已经短暂预览了这种分权领导结构。当沃尔夫因膝盖手术缺席日本和卡塔尔大奖赛时，他暂时将赛道现场运营职责交给了通讯总监布拉德利·劳德和前车手发展主管杰罗姆·达姆布罗西奥。随着达姆布罗西奥最近加盟法拉利，内部争夺沃尔夫未来领导结构一席之地的竞争非常激烈。
沃尔夫与INEOS和梅赛德斯-奔驰共同拥有梅赛德斯F1车队33%的股份，所以他不会在放弃车队负责人头衔后从赛车场消失。
“如果我继续拥有它，干净的分手可能是不可能的……所以这种执行或非执行主席职位可能发生，但必须非常精确地发生，因为你不能置身事外并干涉日常业务，”他指出。
在职业体育中，前老板常常通过在车库上空盘旋和质疑战略决策来破坏他们的继任者。沃尔夫坚决表示，他不会成为一个有毒的板凳经理。
“你需要确切地知道你的角色，这并不意味着从外面射击，成为坐在看台上说别人做错事的人...你不能直接联系车手...这并不是关于干涉日常事务，这就是我未来想要达到的目标，”沃尔夫承诺。
英文原文
Toto Wolff reveals he is actively vetting “two or three people” to replace him at Mercedes
Wolff admits his massive operational role will likely be split among two or three current team members
For Mercedes fans. All the latest from the Silver Arrows, with F1 news, driver updates, car development and race analysis from Brackley and Brixworth.
Toto Wolff has been the face, the political muscle, and the strategic anchor of Mercedes F1 since 2013, guiding the Brackley squad through an unprecedented era of dominance. However, as the sport expands and the physical toll of a grueling 24-race calendar sets in, the billionaire team boss is actively laying the groundwork for his eventual exit from the pit wall.
In a recent appearance on the Cheeky Pint podcast, Wolff detailed his succession plan. Unlike some sports executives who cling to power to protect their own legend, Wolff insists he is strictly focused on long-term stability.
"For me, it is not important, you know, to leave a legacy... for me it's important to do what's best for the family and to do what's best for the team, and that means looking at the structure going forward where this team can live without me," he explained.
Because Wolff acts as both the Team Principal and CEO of the motorsport division, directly replacing him is practically impossible for a single individual. The workload spans technical oversight, intense commercial negotiations, and driver management.
"I believe that my job is going to be divided between two or three people that I'm vetting at the moment that I believe are already doing a great job with all of their strengths in various areas," Wolff confirmed.
The Formula 1 paddock actually saw a brief preview of this divided leadership structure in late 2023. When Wolff missed the Japanese and Qatari Grands Prix due to knee surgery, he temporarily handed operational trackside duties to Communications Director Bradley Lord and former driver development head Jerome d'Ambrosio. With d'Ambrosio recently departing for Ferrari, the internal race to secure a piece of Wolff's future leadership structure is highly competitive.
Because Wolff owns a massive 33% stake in the Mercedes F1 team alongside INEOS and Mercedes-Benz, he isn't simply going to vanish from the paddock when he relinquishes his Team Principal title.
"A clean break is probably not possible if I continue to own it... so that kind of executive or non-executive chairmanship is something that may happen, but it needs to happen in a very, very precise way because you can't be on the sidelines and interfere into the daily business," he noted.
It is incredibly common in professional sports for former bosses to undermine their successors by hovering over the garage and second-guessing strategic calls. Wolff is adamant that he will not become a toxic armchair manager.
"You need to exactly know your role, and that doesn't mean shooting from the outside and being the one that sits on the grandstand and says you've screwed up... you can't call the drivers directly... It's not about interfering into the daily business, and that's how I would aim to be in the future," Wolff promised.
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