Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team Principal, CEO, and Co-Owner Toto Wolff joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about leading a Formula 1 team. How is a Formula 1 team typically set up? Is the Team Principal the same as the Crew Chief? Who is currently the most underrated F1 driver? How much sleep does Toto Wolff get at night? Answers to these questions and plenty more await on Formula 1 Team Principal Support.
0:00 Formula 1 Team Principal Support
0:15 Data vs Gut
1:22 Cheaters!
2:29 The most underrated F1 driver
2:56 The growth of F1
4:30 How is a typical F1 team set up?
5:06 What would you say you do here
5:30 Principal vs. Crew Chief
6:13 In the garage
7:34 Decisions, decisions
8:14 How many hours of sleep does Toto Wolff get a night?
8:54 Psychological traits for thriving under pressure
10:07 Challenges faced while running an F1 team
11:02 Why Mercedes dominates
11:53 F1 and AI
12:36 Do F1 team principals ever drive their cars?
13:25 Toto’s Dream Car
Director: Lauren Zeitoun
Director of Photography: James Lamond
Editor: A.J. Schultz
Expert: Toto Wolff
Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Talent Booker: Meredith Lee
Camera Operator: Aran Lamond; Miles Stowey
Production Assistant: Jasmine Breinburg
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@thennamos9542
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 pm
2 of the GOATs back to back!
@neiltristanyabut
November 21, 2025 at 6:39 pm
nice dig at the nba world championship
@davidyusaku
November 21, 2025 at 6:40 pm
ah so this is how Toto got into Max’s career ladder
@Mr_Ratfoot
November 21, 2025 at 6:40 pm
I’m a Lando Norris mega fan but I love toto. He always seems so friendly and down to earth 😊
@predictip
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 pm
Does toto dye his hair ?
@conradhuang4170
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 pm
he got the team name right this time lol!
@SuperMarkizas
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 pm
Glad to hear he appreciates George, cause that whole negotiations delay was not a pleasant period for Mercedes fans
@Sixers369
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 pm
he sounds so much like arnold schwarzeneger
@BaileyGoldstein
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 pm
“I’m the translator-nator”
@Jordanmilo
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 pm
OMG! As a Boston Celtics fan I have to say, Toto, you are lucky you were smiling! That was hilarious!
@SpaceAvaliable
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 pm
FOCUS GEORGE, FOCUS
@just.a.simplejoe
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 pm
Toto is my guy “I’m not a morning person” lol. Me too bro 😂
@HGX2308
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 pm
Hey WIRED, maybe you didn’t know but Toto Wolff is famous enough to just put his name on the title instead of “Mercedes CEO”
@slow0017
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 pm
Max and toto in 1 week xD
@MiniBirb493
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 pm
We’re getting some great F1 treats in the last 24 hours
@Zzzlol94
November 21, 2025 at 7:11 pm
Max and Toto filming for Wired at the same time? Coincidence? I think NOT.
@MiniBirb493
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 pm
Maybe they filmed this at Sardinia
@henrahmagix
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 pm
0:31 “and then you have a human in the car” – Georgie babyyyyyy😊
@gilbertwilfred7357
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 pm
Toto is so smart, english isnt even his native language.
@Cayde-6
November 21, 2025 at 7:42 pm
Yes
@Adalric30
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 pm
Toughest decision: Not signing George. Easiest decision: Not signing George.
@im_a_potato._7024
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 pm
THATS MY TWEET AT 1:24 OH MY GOD
@versocu33
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 pm
he seems kinda good boss. should be my boss. should I send my cv??
@victorramirez-qi1dj
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 pm
Breaking: Toto and Max held a meeting at WIRED
@Revestein
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 pm
They brought the guy who was on the career ladder
@kfkwAL7
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 pm
And I’ve also just become a bazzilionaire!
@BrokenZ2
November 22, 2025 at 1:02 pm
10:20 WE WON EIGHT?????? MATE YOU HAVE 7
@tr0nd15c
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 pm
They forgot to ask him why the 2025 Lucid Air Grand Touring is better than ANY commercial Mercedes.
@АринаБогоед
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 pm
Finally
@emilynicole1234
November 22, 2025 at 1:18 pm
He’s such a fascinating person, glad for this peak into his brain
@Dannyner6
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 pm
8 in a row? 😆
@LadyPsychoReal
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 pm
It’s funny that WIRED make wrong subtitles by themselves.
@ShawnLH88
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 pm
He sounds like f1 terminator
@jackechan1311
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 pm
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@ModishShrink
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 pm
“No then I really put them into the water.”
It’s Zak Brown. It’s so obviously Zak Brown.
@rodolfopereira2142
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 pm
Why red bull always have the best strategy?
@realattaboy
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 pm
Toto is F1 Mercedes Petronas team ceo not “Mercedes CEO” lol
@Stark720s
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 pm
13:01 Definitely referring to Christain Horner 😂😂😂
@tiredguava
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 pm
Lolll
@ashnavabi
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 pm
I found it interesting that Max said they run 8 million race simulations, while Toto said they run 10 thousand simulations.
@Nudel-nc1cp
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 pm
No Mickey, no! 😂
@RonnyTsunami
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 pm
Absolutely love these insights into F1. Toto and Max’s interviews were excellent.
@sharonDeep
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 pm
Please get James Vowles too!
@chrisvandijk99
November 22, 2025 at 4:36 pm
Yeah George grew, to be more winy in the car
@MrReese
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 pm
I love the call-out NBA champions calling themselves “world champions” 😂. Ridiculous.
@aminbennour7512
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 pm
Greatest team principal of the greatest team
@justinofhp
November 22, 2025 at 5:52 pm
definitely or not
@sagarwani7990
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 pm
12:36 FinishMeTea ❌ …Finnish Metea✅
@D.H.1987
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 pm
0:01
“Hallo?! Ziez ies zie German coastguard”
@Alex-ck1bw
November 22, 2025 at 7:21 pm
Love Toto
@dylancandra4500
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 pm
I always love how Toto explains everything. And this came out after Maxplaining 😂
@grimwest1222
November 22, 2025 at 8:26 pm
You gotta love Toto – something about his precise manner, technical know how, and data driven view is just endearing lol! Always routing for Toto even if I want a different driver to win outside of Mercedes 🙃
@fincarosa
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 am
I just want to hear Toto say: “Get to the chopper!”!
@vhol93
November 23, 2025 at 9:52 am
Love the series
@gror7849
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 am
Great dig at the NBA – it definitely is a “regional championship” … so is the MLB with its “World” series, NHL and most definitely NFL which can easily be called a local series .. not even regional!
@apzn1170
November 23, 2025 at 10:54 am
He’s great at talking.
@ronaldocost4
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 am
Can’t wait to have the V12 back in F1!
@vanni9
November 23, 2025 at 11:36 am
0:19 that explains how they kept going with the needle nose aka zero side pod car they had, kept that for too long
@VOID_ADAM
November 23, 2025 at 11:39 am
3:25 does anybody have the exact moment of this? the toto one
@grgkmn
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 am
title misleading, he is the mercedes petronals f1 team ceo, not mercedes company ceo
@jessss27
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 am
I’ve never seen Toto facing front before
@Pedritox0953
November 23, 2025 at 11:50 am
Great video! Peace out
@LaCorvette
November 23, 2025 at 12:01 pm
Thanks, Toto.
@SirW0nka
November 23, 2025 at 12:17 pm
It’s the first time I see a non-Apple laptop in one of these videos, then I realized that Lenovo is a Mercedes F1 partner.
@denarendall
November 23, 2025 at 12:38 pm
Glad to see Toto acknowledging George as an underrated driver
@0DDISH
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 pm
0:00 hello father!
@elfuturomio
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 pm
Why yall selling out⁉️🤣👎
@aurelnh
November 23, 2025 at 1:28 pm
oh i love this🥹❤️
@br2324
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 pm
1:14 I once heard someone explain f1 as the design of a non-subjective machine made subjectively. You can make the best technical car there is but only when the union between driver and machine occurs will either of you be successful
@carsonn4837
November 23, 2025 at 2:37 pm
One of the best
@th3gughy
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 pm
No, Mikey, no!
@captaindelta43
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 pm
Bono my tires are gone 😂❤
@PoonMoon6969
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 pm
Toto we love you
@CutthroatBitchAmber
November 23, 2025 at 6:37 pm
Nevermind what the data says. Race director says something, NO NO NO
@ChristopherZarate-g1s
November 23, 2025 at 6:39 pm
They should have asked him was it Michael or Mikey?
@raadyusuf6763
November 23, 2025 at 7:26 pm
No mikey no
@Faisaltm2
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 pm
What a legend
@DefaultSengh
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 pm
👀
@shashwatchouhan650
November 23, 2025 at 10:09 pm
1:39 ORGANIZATION ⚡🔥
@kesh_r
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 pm
Good PR with that George answer. But it’s probably the right one
@M3_86
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 am
Ive always hated merc amg petronas but toto is the modern day goat team principal / owner
@Theeguitarplayer
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 am
Toto speaks better English than some of you in the comments section… 😂🎉
@paganibonda
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 am
Most handsome man in F1
@solomon6082
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 am
PUMPERNICKEL
@mhcsbn
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 am
Great one !!!
@Mynervas
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 am
00:56 Subtitles say “I’ve been eraser myself” Erm, what? What is that supposed to mean? He says “I’ve been a racer myself”.
@RuiSilva450
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 am
“I’ve been eraser myself”
@yadachii
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 am
get halsey and avan jogia together for wired
@Abc-yt3el
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 am
No Michael that is so not right
@andrewjohnson118
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 am
12:23 Mike did not say that 🥀
@skier222
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 am
“I’m trying to get better over the years and have less of that rage” respectable, have a nice day
“The Boston Celtics will claim the did it in the NBA but obviously that’s a regional championship only” even more respectable
@keila2948
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 am
Well yes!
@peteharper3299
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 pm
“We won 8 champions in a row”, cuts to George and Kimi 🤣🤣
@SsgtHolland
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 pm
Give me bitte eine pumpernickel please.
@pistachioDick
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 pm
Can you make the video in english?
@chrisi2348
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 pm
why did they change “instinct” to “gut” on the thumbnail?
@SKX996
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 pm
I’m blind. Why is young Arnold Schwarzenegger talking about F1?
@TheRealStenn
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 pm
Let It be known that this dude is worth more than a billion dollars and all he wants to do is race speedy race cars around a track full time.
@PoopDeckSwabber
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 pm
“We STaNd FoR DivERsiTY ANd EqUalItY… so we made the car black because the black guy so.” Apple taking the rights isn’t fantastic lol. Low viewer base for F1, and most aren’t going to pay for Apple just for F1. Many F1 app fans can’t stand Apple TV. I won’t be adding Apple TV and it’s woke nonsense to my bill.
@terrys2735
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 am
Thanks Toto.
@nnnje.09
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 am
“fantasy island” i love the name given to that spot 😂😭😭😭
@FJ__XTJ
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 am
6:43 Toto’s Favorite Child
@patrick.991
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 am
Looks like Toto knew the questions in advance and Max did a more spontaneous answering.
@lasarith2
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 am
0:17 you go , okay Lewis go to Ferrari , I’ve got a Gut feeling about Kimi .
@duhdoyy
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 am
I loved that no one reminded him about the little antenna on his head
@BambiGaze
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 am
La Ferrari avrebbe bisogno di un professionista di questo calibro! Grande Toto! ❤
@suckonmyredbull
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 am
hes so austria
@L3nny666
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 am
they should ve asked more critical questions like if hypercar projects like the amg one, rb17 or valkyrie are used to maneuver around the budget cap.
@Chigozieoliver20
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 am
He’s actually a billionaire 😳😳
2.5 billion networth
@richde70
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 am
No Michael NO NO!!
@dinos_saur_is_fine_thank_you
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 am
*DADDIEST*
@Papzishhh1
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 am
Find me a more badass name than “Toto Wolff” I DARE YOU!!!
@Anonymous-n9q
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 am
He calls george underrated and also wants to kick him out for max ? Wtf
@adamb2619
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 am
You trust that the FIA wont change the rules mid-race…… oh wait
@mathieuschafer1360
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 am
Was mickey so not right ?
@KyleTara
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 am
its not george its Kimi, its your team you should know
@fh6758
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 am
There were Frank Williams + Ron Dennis + Ross + Jean back in a golden era of F1. Now we have Toto Wolff + Christian Horner, IMO they all are best of the best.
@kookiescream1539
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 am
You know toto can actually be on tedx talks and i will listen him all day
@Laglessuser
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 am
26million annual salary. Bro has a thinkpad
@codydwyer
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 pm
Not to mention owning over a quarter of the team worth 1.2b
@chaos-fk6fs
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 pm
Lenovo is sponsor of the Mercedes F1 racing team what do you expect?
@neptune4167
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 pm
Russell is not the most underrated, Toto is contractually obligated to say that. Underrated is Carlos Sainz Jr. bar none.
@Hickeroar
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 pm
George is the most underrated driver? Really? That’s a bizarre take. It’s generally accepted that he’s overall a really good driver. If anything he’s actually gotten a little worse lately. He pushes too hard when his emotions get high and he has a tendency to burn through tires, brakes, etc. He wasn’t doing that earlier in the season.
@David-bl2si
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 pm
i like most of these interviews but this might be my favorite. he did a great job at explaining the sport. especially with the question about the team principal/crew chief
@iamtheonenonly250
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 pm
4:35 1200 people working on the engines is mental
@chaos-fk6fs
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 pm
no its not
@ohno5749
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 pm
lets make that 42% a 60% 🗣🗣🗣
@brucebruceish
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 pm
I bet this guy like a dark, rye bread
@WillyG27
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 am
I can’t understand him
@ragingozzie
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 am
14:07 sigh
@vnewcielo
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 am
CEO? I remember a different face for Källenius…
@cash_only
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 am
Mercedes ceo ? Looool, he only F1 Team ceo
@chaos-fk6fs
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 pm
hes part owner and ceo of Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Racing Team and thats what he said
@kavyajithendran5131
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 am
Why didn’t anyone do anything about the single strand of hair standing up?
@coycoyx7346
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 am
toto loves his powerpoint child, george. ❤
@flimgenco
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 am
I was definitely not expecting the Boston Celtics catching strays in a Toto/F1 interview 😂
@jadoyon
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 pm
Anyone else find it incredibly self centered that Lewis wanted to make the car black because of his skin color? Like my dude stop making your race such an issue.
@stephenthompson5661
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 pm
I want to hear Toto say ‘Get to the chopper’.
@robertkaelin
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 pm
Now the only thing missing is „race engineer support„ with Bono or GP 👀
@OfficialAnarchyz
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 pm
No, Mikey, no!
@Gunther_The_Brave
November 26, 2025 at 4:33 pm
Toto has so much aura bro 😭
@ACCOUNTANTB
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 pm
Hes a great guy no doubt !!
@juanfervalencia
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 pm
Kimmi is going to shine next year.
@armadillolover99
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 pm
Zak Brown is definitely the main “colleague” he was referring to that drives the cars. I wonder if anyone else does, maybe Horner or Fred Vasseur? Helmut Marko seems like the type too.
@neilr4867
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 pm
“Fantasy Island” – that’s genuinely funny 🤣
@iainchann17
November 27, 2025 at 1:46 am
captions at 0:54 are hilarious “i’ve been eraser myself”
@Doubie.
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 am
George is a brides maid never a bride I see kimmi eclipsing him he’s to much in his own head and can’t handle it on top of not really holding himself accountable in ways that will let him grow
@artetas-army5982
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 am
“Formula 1 is like war planning”
@IMA321
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 am
If I close my eyes, I hear Arnold Schwarzenegger
@Nonbelievable
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 am
Best car brand in the world is joining in 2026 Audi
@bardkuzniadram6193
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 am
Toto this is motor racing!
@Ochieng_23
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 am
really interesting
@smprather
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 am
Some worse = Christian Horner 🤣🤣??
@adrianlugenschlund2457
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 am
“I´m eraser myself”
Great subtitles 😀
@thanoscivileng7894
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 pm
ΤΗΕ other with toto do you know?
@DannyB_2099
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 pm
MY FIRST RACE WATCHED WAS IMOLA 94. SENNA DIED. I DON’T KNOW WHY I KEPT WATCHING. MAYBE FOR DAMON HILL. BUT IT BECAME ADDICTIVE. I GOT SICK OF MS WINNING ALL THE TIME. IT IS A TREND. I THINK ALL THE CARS SHOULD BE THE SAME. HAMILTON AND BUTTON GOT ME INTERESTED AGAIN. NOW IT’S ABOUT NORRIS AND RUSSELL FOR ME.
@DannyB_2099
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 pm
LIVE F1 IS BEHIND A PAY WALL IN THE UK NOW. THAT’S WRONG. IT’S THE REASON I COULD NOT WATCH FOOTBALL AS A CHILD. MY PARENTS WOULD NOT BUY SKY TV.
@AJ-bc4ze
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 pm
Who else is watching this with closed captions 😂
@honprarules
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 pm
Toto got that charm!
@ftmnftw1
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 pm
I realise that he’s probably talking about constructor’s championships, but Loeb and Citroen won 9 consecutive World Rally Drivers Championships. Seems a bit rough to give the Celtics a drive-by when you’re also using some creative accounting 🤣
@mortished
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 am
By far the most despicable unsportsman like person in the history of F1 … his recent comment on Michael Masi were just sour and disgusting especially considering the man had received numerous death threats since 2021, Toto behavhiour is irresponsible and just plain evil.
@Manoj-Mason
November 28, 2025 at 8:05 am
Awesome content, thanks to all involved! 🎉🎉🎉
@henshin587
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 pm
42% of the fans are women…and most of them watch because they find the drivers cute, not because of the racing itself.
@kbst8411
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 pm
Teamchef WOLFF
ÖVP
@jbranche8024
November 28, 2025 at 11:29 pm
Toto just gave a 14 minute masterclass on running and getting the most out of your team. Probably need to watch it 3 or 4 times to soak it all in. Toto is one of the most respected and accomplished legends in Formula 1.
@calagarde
November 29, 2025 at 12:40 pm
Hearing Toto say “pickle-shrimp” was the best part. 😂
@mackenziew7619
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 pm
NEED this with James Vowles my goat‼️🙏💙💙
@hajjcomb
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 pm
Toto- you (and your amazing wife Susie) are my favorite part of F1. Love you! And George is my favorite driver. Great personalities and ethos across the board.
@temposh15
November 30, 2025 at 6:54 pm
everything about f1 pretty good rn id say except the fia, taking curse words away is stupid, just make a version where you cannot hear driver radio
@monaco_numerique
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 pm
If Red Bull relied on data instead of Max they would not be where they are one race before year end