Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff will be absent from the Brazilian Grand Prix to “focus on other open topics” with both ওFormula 1 world titles already wrapped up.

With Lewis Hamilton securing the F1 world drivers’ crown last time out at the United States Grand Prix, to complete a sixth consecutive double with Mercedes sealing the world constructors’ championship back at the Japanese round, there is little for the German manufacturer to fight for outside of pole positions and race wins๊.

Bearing this in mind, Wolff has confirmed he will not be at Interlagos for the Brazilian round with other🌠 commitments taking priority.

“Brazil will also be the first race since 2013 that I won’t attend,” Wolff said in Mᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe😼rcedes’ preview for the Brazilian GP. “With both championships secured, it gives me more time in Europe to focus on other open topics.

“It’s great to be able to do this and to know that the team will represent the three-pointed sta🐷r in the best way possible both on and off 🦩the track.”

With Wolff dovetailing his Mercedes F1 role with being the head🍌 of its motorsport activities, he is set to oversee the♐ German manufacturers’ first race in Formula E which takes place at Saudi Arabia the weekend after the Brazilian round. Technical director James Allison will be the most senior Mercedes team member in Sao Paulo.

Wolff has also paid tribute to the Mercedes factory members having celebrated its tit🙈le doubl✃e last week after returning from Unites States round and feels the team is already focusing on repeating the feat in 2020.

“Last week💯 we had the chance to celebrate the championships with everyone at Brixworth and Brackley - the 1,500 men and women that form this amazing team and made this extraordinary success possible,” he said.

“It is always a special moment and this year’s was particularly special as ꦜour sixth consecutive double sets a new benchmark in our sport.

“But despite this record-breaking achievement, I still feel a lot of hunger and desire for more achievements. There’s no sense of complacency, everybody is still determined to keep on improving. It’s an inspiring group of peop▨le that fully lives up to the Mercedes aspiration of bei✅ng the best.”

Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes race engineer Pete Bonnington missed the Mexican GP due to a medical procedure and retuꩵrned to a🧜ction at the Circuit of the Americas to help the British driver seal his sixth F1 world title.