meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
F1 Beyond The Grid

Toto Wolff: "I run a successful F1 team but that's nothing compared to what other people have achieved..."

F1 Beyond The Grid

karenellenbevan

News, Leisure, Sports News, Sports, Automotive

4.75.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

He's presided over one of the most successful F1 teams of all time - and had to manage one of the most heated rivalries in history. So what exactly makes Mercedes chief Toto Wolff tick? 

On this week's episode of Beyond The Grid, presented by Bose, the thoughtful Austrian lifts the lid on running a team - including dealing with the 'volcano-like' relationship between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg - gives a welcome update on colleague Niki Lauda's health, and tells Tom Clarkson about his truly remarkable journey to F1 via the business world after losing his father at a young age.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

At Enterprise, we tailor our mobility solutions to fit your business needs, whatever they might be.

0:06.3

So whether you need cars by the hour for your sales team,

0:09.4

vans by the week, month or year to get your product shipped,

0:13.1

or a fleet of courtesy vehicles for,

0:16.4

whenever your customers need them, Enterprise have got you covered,

0:20.3

and with more branches in more locations around the world,

0:23.6

where everywhere you need us to be.

0:25.5

Find what you need at enterprise.co.uk

0:31.4

Bose is the presenting partner of Beyond the Grid.

0:34.4

That's because Bose Quiet Comfort 352 goes beyond what you would expect from a pair of headphones.

0:40.5

Just flip the switch to experience the industry leading active noise reduction feature,

0:45.7

and all distractions of the world around you fade away, allowing you to focus fully on what matters to you.

0:52.7

Hi, I'm Todd O'Volve, and you're listening to Beyond the Grid.

1:01.6

Hello all, TC here with another edition of Beyond the Grid.

1:05.5

Now there have been many great team principles in Formula One history, names like Enzo Ferrari,

1:10.8

Colin Chapman, Ron Dennis, John Todd, but many would argue that my guess this week is worthy

1:16.8

of being in the same company, such are the things that he's achieved at the helm of Mercedes

1:21.3

over the past few years. I'm talking of course about Total Wolf.

1:26.3

Total took charge of the Silver Arrows five years ago, and the team's success has been nothing

1:31.2

short of Spectacular ever since. But success in F1 isn't the only thing that defines the thought

1:36.9

for lostry, which is why his story is so compelling. We sat down in his hotel room at the

1:43.1

Singapore Grand Prix, which for the record was nothing Spectacular, a bedroom and a bathroom,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from karenellenbevan, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of karenellenbevan and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.