The head of Mercedes, Toto Wolffrevealed on the ‘High Performance’ podcast that It was Carlos Sainz Sr. who informed him of the signing of Lewis Hamilton for Ferrari.
“Yes, old Sainz called me and said: this is what’s happening,” explained the Austrian.
Wolff did not sit still and tried to compare the information with the head of Ferraribut he, in an “unusual” act, did not respond.
“And then I sent a text to Fred Vasseur saying: “Would you like to take our pilot?” » I didn’t get a response. Something very unusual for Fred. He’s a good friend. So yes, I saw it coming,” he explained.
However, the Mercedes boss went further and spoke directly to Hamilton, who confirmed the deal.
“I said, ‘Well, we’re recruiting people at Ferrari now. We’ve got this guy.’ And Lewis said: “Oh, there’s something I need to tell you.” And yeah, when he said that, that first moment was kind of like… So is this really happening?” Toto concluded. And boy, did it happen.
