Knee Surgery Sidelines Toto Wolff: Mercedes Chief to Skip Japanese F1 GP
Sep.5 - Toto Wolff has announced that, a week after the forthcoming Singapore GP, he will not be joining Formula 1 as the sport makes the long haul to Japan.
A couple of years ago, the Mercedes boss said that because of the ever-longer F1 calendars, he will "start to skip a few races".
He also sat out Suzuka last year, and he missed the Brazilian GP in 2019.
But Wolff told Kronen Zeitung that the reason for his absence at the Japanese GP is because of some scheduled knee surgery.
He explained to the Austrian newspaper that he cannot currently fully extend his left arm following a mountain biking fall during the August break.
"I rode over slippery rocks," said Wolff. "It wasn't that I couldn't handle it, but I wanted to support myself with my left leg - and it just snapped because I no longer have a cruciate ligament.
"After Singapore I'm going to the Hochrum Clinic (in Austria), where I will get a new ligament. Then I can do everything I want to again.
"I'll skip Japan, then it's a free weekend after that. I'd like to be walking around in Qatar without crutches. Then it's even possible that I can ski in the winter," he added.
Wolff said in August that, if he is ever absent at grands prix, he will be replaced by new deputy Mercedes chief Jerome d'Ambrosio, a former F1 driver.
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I hear Lewis is having major surgery too, called a charisma implant, to counteract the lack of personality hes developed recent yrs
I hope it takes. Odds aren't very favoring, though.
Medicine hasn’t come that far
Its irrelevant whether he's there or not, RB is still going to stomp their guts out. The only area MB will have a chance is the off track spectacle, you know hammy wearing his clown suit accessorized via nose rings and 6 hour hairdos with red, purple or who knows what color streaks in it or whatever. Maybe if hammy spent more time focusing on his on track performance rather than his off track bogus issues MB might be a little closer in the points.
Absolutely! Nice that Toto supports his team but this is over the top. Sir Lew has become an out-of-control adolescent who stumps his feet and holds his breath if he isn’t in the limelight. Dressing and acting like a clown doesn’t give credibility for this unwavering support by Toto. Shame on Toto for being petty and small.
Can you imagine Loretta in the boardroom at Mercs head office in Stuttgart, dressed as a clown , driving a clown car, oh no that was last yrs Merc bouncy bouncy, Ok now this is what we are going to,and i'm the goat , i win everything, its head in hands time, no wonder Torger looks knackered lol, Ahhhhh the gift that keeps on giving..............
Come to think of it poor old Toto is looking old I've noticed the crease lines on his face getting deeper, now that can be one of two things that has caused that,, sir Lulu's contract signing or what he's going to do with his money now that he's a billionaire. 😜
Well to counteract that , perhaps Lucy can advise him on fashion , get him wearing some daft mc hammer pants and frilly blouses, i think it would do him good.....
I bet Toto is looking forward to his knee surgery. Getting away from his spoiled brat son for a week or two probably sounds like heaven.
To be perfectly honest, I can’t imagine Dad and son’s recent comments would go over big with the boardroom at Stuggart or anywhere is. They can’t be pleased with this clown representing an established, highly regarded company like Mercedes Benz or maybe this is the new look MB is going for. We’ll just have to see.
And there it is in a Nutshell, Correct Susan
To be continued…..
Ah, the school bully and his sidekick. Nothing ever changes, a sad insignificant pair. Probably never done anything of real note in their lives.
Blo, you never disappoint
Too kind I think.
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You are all so unkind to Louise and Tutu ...... but I love it and they deserve it!
Toto hasn't said how he got a knee injury, maybe he's been kicking sir Lulu's butt in his dreams & caught the wardrobe instead. 😜