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Russell reveals that Wolff is involved in too many things in Formula One


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Rumors surfaced on Monday that Toto Wolff allegedly informed George Russell’s management that he had the Mercedes seat for 2022. This puts the Mercedes team boss in an awkward position between the driver, whose manager he is, and the student from his own training.

Wolff has a big word

Toto Wolff has a lot to say in Formula 1. He is not only team boss of the Formula 1 team Mercedes, but also holds shares in Mercedes and Aston Martin. Not the F1 team, but the brand of his friend Lawrence Stroll. As the manager of the Mercedes F1 team, he is also closely associated with the juniors and the customers Williams and Mercedes in his training.

So there are a lot of interests that Wolff has to balance, and it seems that Wolff gets a little entangled in his different interests. He found the crash between Russell and Valtteri Bottas ridiculous because they are “teammates”, but Wolff for a moment forgot that Williams is not his company. When these drivers start to see themselves as teammates, Mercedes becomes a very big problem.

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The manager of Bottas

The biggest problem for Wolff is only now emerging. The Austrian is also the manager of Valtteri Bottas. This is a strange situation in itself, representing the interests of a driver who works for your F1 team, but now it’s only getting worse.

Wolff doubts as he did two years ago. Should he give up the driver whose career he is planning in favor of talents from the Mercedes squad? Back then it was an opportunity for Esteban Ocon, but while back then everyone understood the choice for Bottas, public opinion now is more for George Russell.

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Is Russell Preferred?

In this respect, Russell’s good performance puts Wolff in a difficult situation, which will also raise some questions for Wolff himself. Is he involved in a little too many things?

With the rumors from Monday, it looks increasingly likely that Russell will actually get the seat next to Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes in 2022. This pushes Bottas aside, but Wolff may arrange a deal for him with Williams. Whether Bottas wants to be represented by a man with such a double agenda is, however, controversial.

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