Whittling down Mercedes’ 2025 options, Toto Wolff won’t be
rushed into making a decision even with “some of the really good guys” about to
sign with rival teams.
Lewis Hamilton’s bombshell announcement that he’s off to
Ferrari next season has left Mercedes a driver short for the 2025 championship,
having only put pen to paper on a two-year contract extension as recently as
August last year.
Toto Wolff: Too early for Mercedes to commit to a driver for
2025
From Fernando Alonso to Carlos Sainz, Sebastian Vettel to
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes have a pile of CVs of drivers wanting the race
seat alongside George Russell.
But while Wolff has confirmed that “yes” he has whittled
that down to a shortlist, the team principal refused to say how short that list
was.
He did, however, make it clear in Friday’s team boss press conference for the Japanese Grand Prix that he won’t be rushed, even though it has meant losing some “good guys” off the list to rival teams.
