Key Highlights Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited generated Ā£633.4 million in revenue for the 2025 financial year, netting an after-tax profit of Ā£125.9 million and distributing Ā£125 million in dividends. Commercial strength drove performance, with over Ā£415 million raised through sponsorships and partnerships, even as the team’s broadcast share declined to 13.2%. On track, Mercedes leads ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff was spotted wearing two luxury IWC Schaffhausen watches simultaneously on his left wrist during the Singapore Grand Prix weekend. The dual-watch setup allowed Wolff to track both local Singapore track time and European time, keeping him aligned with Mercedes’ headquarters in Brackley and his family in Monaco. The ...
Key Highlights: George Russell’s Singapore Grand Prix effort was compounded by a severe shortage of new spare parts following a heavy crash in Saturday’s sprint race. Mercedes was forced to rebuild Russell’s W17 using previously run, second-hand components after depleting its fresh carbon fiber inventory across the front wing, floor, front suspension, and rear assembly. ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff credited a past grid conversation with Alain Prost for shaping his approach to driver management. Prost revealed that perceived favoritism and broken trust fueled his legendary McLaren rivalry with Ayrton Senna. Wolff relies on strict transparency to manage his current lineup of George Russell and Kimi Antonelli, preventing ...
Key Highlights Christian Horner opens his upcoming memoir, Drive, with the dramatic and contentious 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The former Red Bull chief described the battle between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton as an epic script that felt beyond fiction. Horner reflected on his intense rivalry with Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, noting that ...
Key Highlights: Former Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner revealed he suffered from severe panic attacks caused by chronic professional stress, which he initially mistook for drinking too much coffee. Horner commended his long-time Mercedes rival Toto Wolff for speaking openly about mental health struggles and therapy, admitting he gained a new appreciation for ...
Key Highlights: Former Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner has firmly shut down persistent rumors linking him to Ferrari, emphasizing that any Formula 1 return requires team equity. Horner defended current Scuderia boss Fred Vasseur while acknowledging that corporate giant Ferrari is never going to sell shares to its team principal. Taking aim at ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff was spotted driving an ultra-rare Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR through Monaco ahead of the United States Grand Prix. Built as an FIA GT Championship homologation special in the late 1990s, only 28 examples of the V12-powered supercar were ever manufactured. Originally certified as the world’s most expensive ...
Key Highlights: George Russell carved his way through the field from 19th on the grid to finish ninth at the Marina Bay street circuit. Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff explained that aerodynamic wake and severe dirty air prevented Russell from reaching the team’s best-case P7 target. Russell began near the rear due to an accumulated ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff quipped that championship leader Kimi Antonelli needs āa pillow under his buttā to help him spot track limits after racking up warnings during the Singapore Grand Prix. Antonelli avoided a post-race time penalty despite four track-limit infringements, as one breach was linked to control loss from ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff has expressed caution regarding Red Bull’s resurging competitiveness following Max Verstappen’s commanding sweep at the Singapore Grand Prix. Mercedes deployed split car specifications at the Marina Bay Street Circuit to evaluate their latest upgrades, running Kimi Antonelli on the new package while George Russell drove the older spec. ...
Key Highlights: Toto Wolff has established a culture of strict transparency at Mercedes to prevent internal team friction between title contender Andrea Kimi Antonelli and George Russell. Wolff’s management approach was shaped by an early career conversation with Alain Prost, who explained how perceived favoritism undermined his partnership with Ayrton Senna at McLaren. Mercedes will ...