The Austrian has been one of the fundamental pillars behind Mercedes’ recent success in F1, s🍬pearheading the German manufacturer’s total dไomination of the sport between 2014 and 2020. 

But Wolff was initially unimpressed when he first arrived at Mercedes’ Brackley ༺headquarters a decade ago for a mee♍ting with revered F1 team principal Ross Brawn.

"🔴When I stepped in here for the first time I was waiting to meet Ross Brawn, who I have great admiration for as an engineer,” Wolff told Nꦐasser Hussain as part of a new Sky Sports documentary. 

"Whilst I was waiting it didn't feel like a Formula 1 reception. There was an old Daily Mail on the ta💖ble and🌸 an old coffee cup with dry coffee inside. When I went to the meeting I said it didn't feel like a Formula 1 team.

"The answer I got w൲as that the Daiꦫly Mail or the old coffee cup doesn't make the car faster, the engineering does. 

“I disagreed because it shows whether you have attention to detail, whether you are a perfectionist or you seek excellence, and that starts with ꦬcleanliness and an immaculate environment, particularly in Formula 1.”

Under Wolff’s leadership, Mercedes claimed seven consecutive drivers’ world title🔯s from 2014 to 2020 and eight cꦍonsecutive constructors’ crowns from 2014 to 2021. 

Mercedes have endured a difficult spell since a major r🐷ule shake-up in 2022 and have only managed one victory over the last year and a half. 

Wolff is hoping that a fundamental change in car design will help Mercedes peg the gap to current pacꦅe setters Red Bull and return the Silver Arrows back to the front in F1.