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F1: Chequered Flag

Season Preview with Toto Wolff

F1: Chequered Flag

BBC

Sports

4.22.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Jennie Gow is joined by Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, deputy team principal of Williams Claire Williams, Mark Gallagher and Andrew Benson to look ahead to the 2017 Formula One season.

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0:12.0

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0:14.0

Five Live.

0:15.0

Five Live Formula One.

0:21.0

Previously on Five Live Formula One.

0:24.0

Lewis Hamilton does all he can in the final race of the season in Abu Dabby.

0:29.0

But it's Rosberg across the line in second place.

0:32.0

It's Rosberg who is world champion of 2016.

0:35.6

I want to take the opportunity to announce that I've decided to end my Formula One career.

0:40.3

F1 will be without its reigning world champion for the first time since Alan Prost in

0:45.2

1994 after Nico Rosberg's sensational retirement.

0:49.5

We find out how Mercedes are preparing for life without Nico from the boss Toto Wolf.

0:55.0

Also on tonight's show.

0:57.0

All of the Mercedes mechanics have come out of their garage and are forming a sort of guard of honor.

1:01.0

I don't think I've ever seen such a goodbye for a driver.

1:04.3

Now Masa is embraced in his wife's arms

1:07.0

and absolutely pouring tears out.

1:09.8

And he's back.

1:11.0

A massive U-turn at Williams as Felipe Masa comes out of retirement, their deputy

1:16.0

team principal Claire Williams joins us in the studio.

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