Toto Wolff recalls the day he discussed 'divorce' with Lewis Hamilton F1
Toto Wolff discusses dreaded ‘divorce’ word as Lewis Hamilton talks drag onToto Wolff has revealed a divorce analogy he gave Lewis Hamilton when the pair hadn’t spoken after Hamilton’s title defeat to Nico Rosberg.
While the partnership has resulted in astonishing success as Hamilton has clinched six drivers’ titles in the years since, Wolff revealed it hasn’t always been plain sailing between them as he once used a divorce analogy during a particularly tough time.During 2016, the title fight between Hamilton – who won the 2014 and ’15 titles – became all-out warfare between himself and Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg as the German driver sought revenge for his defeats to Hamilton in the preceding years.
Wolff called upon his own life experience of marriage – he is married to former racing driver Susie Wolff – and used an analogy to thaw the ice between himself and Hamilton.“So I invited him to come to my kitchen in Oxford and sit down and have a chat.“Even if we shout at each other, even if we have this argument, there’s never thought of divorcing, and that’s why I said to him, ‘I don’t want to divorce you and neither do you.
Despite indicating a willingness to continue working together, as well as Hamilton’s “Mercedes for life” comments made late last year, a new deal is yet to be confirmed – months after the supposedly straightforward negotiations began.
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