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Wolff reported to be vetting Mercedes successors

News - 2026-10-26 - By Jenny Marsh

Motorsport.com reported Toto Wolff is assessing two or three possible Mercedes successors, with no formal handover or timetable confirmed by the team.

Motorsport.com reported that Toto Wolff is assessing two or three possible successors at Mercedes. No formal leadership change or timetable was confirmed in the report, so the situation remains an unconfirmed development rather than a settled team decision.

The same report said Wolff has led Mercedes since 2013. Mercedes has raced in Formula 1 across 19 seasons from 1954 to 2026, with 138 wins and eight titles, which gives added context to any future leadership planning.

Lewis Hamilton accounts for 84 of those Mercedes wins. That record underlines the scale of the operation linked to the reported succession process, even though no handover has been confirmed.