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Toto Wolff

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1341 total appearances

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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

But what's really weird is that they don't unlap them right away. That to me is like, this is the problem. It's not like who did what. It's like, they should have been unlapped right away. They weren't. So four laps goes by and then they make a decision with one lap left to let them unlap. Max is on brand new tires. Lewis is on 13 lap old tires.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

But what's really weird is that they don't unlap them right away. That to me is like, this is the problem. It's not like who did what. It's like, they should have been unlapped right away. They weren't. So four laps goes by and then they make a decision with one lap left to let them unlap. Max is on brand new tires. Lewis is on 13 lap old tires.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

But what's really weird is that they don't unlap them right away. That to me is like, this is the problem. It's not like who did what. It's like, they should have been unlapped right away. They weren't. So four laps goes by and then they make a decision with one lap left to let them unlap. Max is on brand new tires. Lewis is on 13 lap old tires.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

The safety car pulls up and Max passes him within two turns and he wins the championship. It would have been Lewis's eighth championship, which would have made him surpass Schumacher. The stakes could not have paused. I mean, the drama of it, it'll never get better. Now, my question, and when I've been in arguments with people, I'm like, are you saying that they don't unlap cars?

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

The safety car pulls up and Max passes him within two turns and he wins the championship. It would have been Lewis's eighth championship, which would have made him surpass Schumacher. The stakes could not have paused. I mean, the drama of it, it'll never get better. Now, my question, and when I've been in arguments with people, I'm like, are you saying that they don't unlap cars?

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

The safety car pulls up and Max passes him within two turns and he wins the championship. It would have been Lewis's eighth championship, which would have made him surpass Schumacher. The stakes could not have paused. I mean, the drama of it, it'll never get better. Now, my question, and when I've been in arguments with people, I'm like, are you saying that they don't unlap cars?

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

Are you saying in that situation they shouldn't have unlapped cars?

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

Are you saying in that situation they shouldn't have unlapped cars?

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

Are you saying in that situation they shouldn't have unlapped cars?

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

That's right.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

That's right.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

That's right.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

It was like entitlement. I'm guessing though, because it was so disputable that to even say that sentence would have felt like it could have tipped it. I don't know. We would have said it.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

It was like entitlement. I'm guessing though, because it was so disputable that to even say that sentence would have felt like it could have tipped it. I don't know. We would have said it.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

It was like entitlement. I'm guessing though, because it was so disputable that to even say that sentence would have felt like it could have tipped it. I don't know. We would have said it.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

Yeah, and I entered the sport through Drive to Survive. Did you? Yes. Really? Okay. I was like, this is boring. They don't pass each other. What is this racing? Who cares? And then when I learned what's happening technically, I was like, oh, this is way more in-depth and interesting than it seems on the surface. And I think the drama helped the sport also.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

Yeah, and I entered the sport through Drive to Survive. Did you? Yes. Really? Okay. I was like, this is boring. They don't pass each other. What is this racing? Who cares? And then when I learned what's happening technically, I was like, oh, this is way more in-depth and interesting than it seems on the surface. And I think the drama helped the sport also.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

Yeah, and I entered the sport through Drive to Survive. Did you? Yes. Really? Okay. I was like, this is boring. They don't pass each other. What is this racing? Who cares? And then when I learned what's happening technically, I was like, oh, this is way more in-depth and interesting than it seems on the surface. And I think the drama helped the sport also.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

We don't know really why.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Toto Wolff (team principal of Mercedes F1 team)

We don't know really why.