

"Niki and I are partners, we therefore carry some of the risk, which was important for Mercedes. "I would really like to say (how much he paid), but I have signed something that obliges me to secrecy," said Wolff. Wolff explained: "It is important that there is someone on site who understands the English mentality."Īlso still a Williams shareholder and co-owner of Mercedes' DTM company HWA, Wolff has bought 30 per cent of the Brackley based team.

Niki Lauda, the team's chairman, will also be in Brackley this week, but the triple world champion will not be based in the UK full-time. I hope I do a good job in England," he added. "Anyway, I think it is important to be on site. "But Norbert certainly was not working on the car. "It has not gone as expected last year and now we have to figure out what happened," said Wolff. "He (Haug) did a lot of things extremely well. "These are very large shoes to fill," he said in an interview with Austrian broadcaster ORF. Mercedes' new recruit Toto Wolff has revealed he will be based at Brackley.Ī new team shareholder and officially called executive director, 41-year-old Austrian Wolff is in essence replacing Norbert Haug, Mercedes' long-time motor sport vice-president. (GMM) New Mercedes boss Wolff starts work on Monday The Marca report also said the new Ferrari will have smaller sidepods, front pull-rod suspension as per the 2012 car, and a Red Bull-style Coanda exhaust layout. He added that the 2013 Ferrari's front and rear wings "may not be shown in detail" at the forthcoming car launch, "to avoid giving clues to its rivals". "Visually, there is no step on the nose, but the nose remains high to allow the airflow under the car," wrote correspondent Marco Canseco. Now, a few days before the 2013 Ferrari appears officially, Spain's Marca reports that the latest Maranello-built creation also has a smooth nose section. The 'modesty panel', however, is not mandatory, even though Valtteri Bottas revealed earlier this month that Williams will take advantage of the new rule for its 2013 car.
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