沃尔夫追平威廉姆斯与丹尼斯的冠军纪录
在圣保罗周日晚间，托托·沃尔夫被问及自己的纪录时无需自夸，他已追平弗兰克·威廉姆斯的车队冠军数和罗恩·丹尼斯的总体冠军数。
梅赛德斯老板沃尔夫拥有九个车队冠军
乔治·拉塞尔，梅赛德斯，安德烈亚·基米·安东内利，梅赛德斯，托托·沃尔夫，梅赛德斯
在圣保罗周日晚间被问及自己的纪录时，托托·沃尔夫无需自夸，这些纪录如今让他与F1两位伟人比肩。仅是被问到追平弗兰克·威廉姆斯的车队冠军数和罗恩·丹尼斯的总体冠军数感受如何，就足以说明沃尔夫成就的分量。
他现有九个车队冠军，与威廉姆斯持平，总体冠军数为17个，与丹尼斯持平。
“当我想到这一点时，这两位是这项运动的巨人，”他说。“我甚至不在弗兰克所在的同一星系里，他在事故之后仍然能够取得伟大成就。同样，罗恩是一个你总是仰望的人，他是这项运动的标杆，设定了新的标准。”
他补充道：“我永远不会把自己看作那个级别的人。”
自从那两位赢得冠军并试图击败彼此的时代以来，一级方程式已经发生了巨大变化。这也许过于简化，但如今更重要的是经营一门高效的生意，而不是经营最好的车库。他们同样必须确保赞助协议并吸引最优秀的人才，但现代F1的运营，尤其是一支拥有自己引擎部门的厂商车队，要复杂许多倍。员工人数的巨大差异令人震惊。
沃尔夫没有机会认识为他车队工作的每一个人，也无法依赖那种在1980年代或许仍然可能的微观管理。这需要不同的技能组合，需要对所谓的“文化”有更清晰的理解，并且在构建一个组织时要有更高的精确度，在这个组织中，授权不仅是一种工具，而且是一种必需。
但丹尼斯和威廉姆斯两人的共同之处在于，他们并非只是在车队表现的巅峰、一切条件都契合时连续夺冠。他们反复做到这一点，重建自己所领导的团队，然后再次回归并夺冠。威廉姆斯在与本田分手后做到了这一点，凭借雷诺重返巅峰。丹尼斯则在阿兰·普罗斯特和艾尔顿·塞纳时代之后做到了这一点，重建迈凯伦，与米卡·哈基宁和梅赛德斯一起赢得三个冠军。
沃尔夫大概说得没错，从某种意义上说，他从未需要应对涉及主要合作伙伴或引擎制造商变更的彻底重组。但2026赛季最终证明，他也并非只能成功一次的人。
梅赛德斯并没有跌到谷底。但在如此轻松且持续地获胜之后，车队可能变得过于固守旧法，难以改变和适应。2022年的新规则周期是一场压力测试，它未能通过——而在追赶方面，旧方法已不再奏效。
我们永远不会确切知道沃尔夫做了什么，或者哪些流程需要改变。我们只能根据结果来判断。而2026年证实了他做了必须做的事。
“回头看，我觉得那最后四年非常艰难，”他在周日说道。“在犯错、然后有点明白为什么错、接着意识到不，我们没搞懂之间……那是一个很大的反复。”
“但我们在10年或20年后回看，当你看看统计数据，那四年我们并不是彻底的失败者，因为我们拿了第二、第三、第三、第四——我想那大概就是当时的结果。我们赢过比赛，赢过很多比赛。所以单看数字，那根本不差，但感觉并不好。”
“而车队的韧性，那些在艰难时期团结在一起的人，是一个因素，我认为。所以锁定这两个冠军感觉真的很好。”
“没有多少运动队能在连续夺冠、然后经历一段艰难时期、再重新回来之后做到这一点。所以我真的很自豪，我们属于在所有体育项目中做到这一点的极少数车队之一。”
即便他目前还不在同一水平线上，他也无疑是F1历史上最优秀的车队领队之一。
乔治·拉塞尔，梅赛德斯；安德烈亚·基米·安东内利，梅赛德斯；托托·沃尔夫，梅赛德斯
文化这个词常被管理者使用和滥用，其中许多人并不真正理解它的含义。但这不仅仅是原则和规则的问题。它关乎选择一个共同目标，建立正确的流程，找到最优秀的人并帮助他们实现抱负——并为此全力以赴。
有很多人声称要建设“一种文化”。真正理解自己所指为何的人却少得多。
“我们不是一个随意招聘和解雇的组织，”沃尔夫说。“我们提供一种文化与环境，让你能够茁壮成长，允许你犯错，允许你直言不讳。从长远来看，我相信，如果你想取得成功——不是几年内的成功，而是几十年间的成功——这就是你需要能够根植于团队的东西。”
“我们正在努力这样做。这不是你能放在幻灯片上的东西。你必须日复一日地提升自己的标准。而这些就是我们为自己设定的标准。有时我们会失败，但我们着眼于长期愿景。”
同样，只看到冰山一角不足以准确判断这其中有多少是沃尔夫的功劳。但这种帮助人们茁壮成长的文化——这也意味着支持那些正在挣扎的人——是显而易见的。
沃尔夫处理乔治·拉塞尔的方式，或许也是梅赛德斯F1车队中周日唯一不完全满意的人，同样是管理人才的教科书式范例。
对拉塞尔来说，这一年无疑很艰难。但沃尔夫始终把手搭在他肩上，从不让外界有任何理由怀疑自己仍然信任他——尽管有些人认为沃尔夫只关心安东内利。
乔治·拉塞尔，梅赛德斯，安德烈亚·基米·安东内利，梅赛德斯，托托·沃尔夫，梅赛德斯
“今天属于乔治的冠军，”托托说。“这是车队冠军，而他是车队的一部分，我真的很高兴他能珍惜这一刻，因为我们欠他的。”
他还补充道：“我对明年毫无疑问，所有最优秀的体育人都经历过困难时期，这将是他持续成长的一部分。”
听听乔治自己怎么说。他的圣保罗周末或许完美诠释了他的2026赛季。速度的闪光，但不受他控制的环境因素阻止他取得成绩——就像周六发生的那样——以及他自己的一些失误，比如周日维修区出口的那次。
但他谈论沃尔夫的方式几乎让人毫不怀疑他也感受到了那份信任。
周六，当2026赛季以错失杆位的形式再次给他打击时，他谈论更多的仍是更大的图景而非事件本身：“我认为托托领导力中我很钦佩的一点是，我们今天拥有的人，正是那些辉煌岁月里就在的人，也正是那些经历了2022到2025年困难时期的人。
“没有人被聘用又被解雇。信任和信念始终与核心团队同在，而且，你知道，现在我们挺过来了。而且，你知道，显然，基米赢得了冠军。我们会赢得冠军，无论是这个周末还是下一个。而且，你知道，要归功于团队中的每一个人，但是的，托托对人们的忠诚和信念，即使在艰难时期也如此，这要大大归功于他。”
这种忠诚与信任，正是沃尔夫此刻向拉塞尔展示的。而拉塞尔的职业生涯仍可能走上两条截然不同的道路：一条是尼科·罗斯伯格的路，另一条是丹尼尔·里卡多的路。
里卡多当年觉得，当他认为车队把所有希望都押在马克斯·维斯塔潘身上时，自己除了离开红牛别无选择。但在沃尔夫执掌梅赛德斯的情况下，拉塞尔仍然知道自己有机会实现目标——这要归功于他的老板在车队中建立的文化。
因为这是一种允许人们学习、重建并再次获胜的文化。
此外也没有太多可补充的了。数据本身就说明了一切。
向托托·沃尔夫致敬。那件事处理得很好。
英文原文
Nine constructors' titles for the Mercedes boss
George Russell, Mercedes, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, Toto Wolff, Mercedes
Toto Wolff didn't need to brag when, on Sunday evening in Sao Paulo, he was asked about his records, which now put him alongside two of F1's greats. The question of how it feels to match Frank Williams' tally of constructors' championships and Ron Dennis' overall number of titles was enough in itself to illustrate the magnitude of Wolff's achievements.
He now has nine constructors' titles, level with Williams, and 17 titles overall, matching Dennis.
"When I think about it, these two are giants of the sport," he said. "I'm not even operating in the same galaxy as Frank, who after his accident, has been able to achieve great things. And in the same way, Ron is a person that [you] always look up to who has been the benchmark in the sport, who has set new standards."
He added: "I will never see myself in that league."
Formula 1 has changed enormously since the days when those two were winning titles and trying to beat each other. It might be an oversimplification, but nowadays it's much more about running an efficient business than running the best garage. They, too, had to secure sponsorship deals and attract the best talent, but modern F1 operations, especially a works team with its own engine department, are many times more complex. The sheer difference in employee numbers is staggering.
Wolff has no chance of knowing everyone working for his team and can't rely on the kind of micromanagement that was perhaps still possible in the 1980s. It requires a different skill set, a much clearer understanding of what's called "culture", and far greater precision in building an organisation in which delegation is not just a tool, but a necessity.
But what Dennis and Williams have in common is that they didn't just win titles in succession, at the peak of their teams' performance, when everything aligned. They did it repeatedly, rebuilding the organisations they led to come back and win again. Williams did it after splitting with Honda, returning to the top with Renault. Dennis did it after the Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna era, rebuilding McLaren to win three titles with Mika Hakkinen and Mercedes.
Wolff is probably right in the sense that he has never had to deal with a complete reorganisation involving a change of major partners or engine manufacturer. But the 2026 season is the ultimate proof that he, too, is not someone who can only do it once.
Mercedes didn't hit rock bottom. But after winning so easily and so consistently, the team may have become too set in its ways to change and adapt. The new regulation cycle in 2022 was a stress test it failed – and the old methods were no longer working when it came to catching up.
We'll never know exactly what Wolff did or which processes needed to change. We can only judge by the results. And 2026 is confirmation that he did what was required.
"Looking back, I think those last four years were very difficult," he said on Sunday. "Between getting it wrong and then kind of understanding why it was wrong and then realising, no, we didn't understand... And that was a big back and forth.
"But we will be looking back in 10 or 20 years, and when you look at the statistics, it wasn't that we were complete losers over those four years, because we finished second, third, third, fourth - I think that was maybe what the results were. We won races, won many races. So it wasn't that bad at all when you look at the sheer numbers, but it felt not good.
"And the resilience of the team, the people that held together in those tough times is a factor, I think. So it feels really good sealing those two titles.
"Not many sports teams have done that after a consecutive run of championships, then a difficult spell, and then coming back. So I'm really proud that we are part of this very small group of teams that have done that in all sports."
Even if he isn't in quite the same league yet, he's certainly among the very best team bosses in F1 history.
George Russell, Mercedes, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, Toto Wolff, Mercedes
Culture is a word often used and abused by managers, many of whom don't really understand what it entails. But it's not just a matter of principles and rules. It's about choosing a common goal, putting the right processes in place, finding the best people and helping them fulfil their ambitions – and being committed to all of it.
There are plenty of people who say they want to build "a culture". Far fewer actually understand what they mean by that.
"We are not a hire-and-fire organisation," Wolff says. "We provide a culture and an environment where you can thrive, where you are allowed to make mistakes, where you can speak up. And over the long term, I believe, if you want to be successful, not over a period of a few years but over many decades, this is what you need to be able to kind of ingrain in the team.
"And we are trying that. It's not something you put on a PowerPoint. You have to lift your standards day in and day out. And these are the standards we are setting to ourselves. Sometimes we fail, but we look at the long-term vision."
Again, seeing only the tip of the iceberg isn't enough to judge exactly how much of this is Wolff's doing. But that culture of helping people thrive – which also means supporting those who are struggling – is on display.
The way Wolff handles George Russell, probably the only member of the Mercedes F1 team who wasn't entirely happy on Sunday, is a textbook example of managing talent, too.
It's been a tough year for Russell, no doubt about that. But Wolff keeps an arm around his shoulder and never gives the outside world any reason to doubt that he still believes in him – even though some suggest he only cares about Antonelli.
George Russell, Mercedes, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, Toto Wolff, Mercedes
"It's George's championship today," Toto said. "It's the constructors' championship, and he's part of the team, and I'm really happy that he can cherish this moment, because we owe it to him."
And he added: "I have no doubt about that for next year, and all the very best sports people have gone through difficult periods, and that's going to be part of his continued development."
And listen to George himself. His Sao Paulo weekend was perhaps a perfect illustration of his 2026 season. Flashes of speed, but circumstances beyond his control preventing him from getting the result – as happened on Saturday – and some mistakes of his own, as at the pit exit on Sunday.
But the way he speaks about Wolff leaves little doubt that he feels that trust, too.
On Saturday, when 2026 dealt him another blow in the form of a missed pole position, he still spoke more about the bigger picture than the incident itself: "I think something I admire a lot from Toto's leadership is the people we have today are the same people who were there during the glory years, and they're the same people who went through the difficulties during 2022 to 2025.
"Nobody was hired and fired. The trust and belief stayed with the core group of people, and, you know, now we've come through. And, you know, obviously, Kimi won the championship. We are going to win the championship, whether it's this weekend or next. And, you know, credit to everybody in the team, but yeah, huge credit to Toto for that loyalty and belief in the people, even when times were tough."
That loyalty and belief is exactly what Wolff is showing Russell right now. And Russell's career could still follow one of two very different paths: that of Nico Rosberg or that of Daniel Ricciardo.
Ricciardo felt he had little choice but to leave Red Bull when he believed the team was putting all its eggs in the Max Verstappen basket. But with Wolff leading Mercedes, Russell still knows he has a chance to achieve what he wants – thanks to the culture his boss has built at the team.
Because it's a culture that allows people to learn, rebuild and win again.
And there's not much more to add. The statistics really speak for themselves.
Hats off, Toto Wolff. That was well managed.
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