Toto Wolff breaks silence on Christian Horner’s claim of 220 Mercedes engineers working for Red Bull

Hence, Toto Wolff reckoned that it was more important to hold Mercedes crew together rather than them leaving for rivals. The team principal highlighted that he wouldn’t change anything in regard to the engine department of the Brackley-based team. As a result, the 52-year-old is keen to keep the present crew despite the degrading form of the outfit in recent seasons.

We have to make sure that whoever is in Mercedes prefers to stay instead of going elsewhere and I would not change anything regarding the organization of the engine department. Toto Wolff added.

Toto Wolff labels Mercedes a ‘perfect organization’ despite woeful performances in the ground-effect era

Mercedes has failed to showcase any impressive results during the ongoing ground-effect era. The outfit has won only one race since the 2022 season. Regardless, the team principal was highly praiseful of Brackley. Wolff mentioned that Mercedes had a ‘perfect organization’ and the team was giving results for a very long time.

It is a perfect organization and it is seen that they are giving results, and have given them for a long time. Toto Wolff said, as reported by f1ingenerale.com.

Apart from this, Wolff recalled his team’s success since the 2014 season. The 52-year-old reckoned that Mercedes was the ‘reference point’ since then with another engine. The team principal was sure that this fact didn’t change even during the woeful performances. Hence, Toto Wolff highlighted that he couldn’t wait to see what the regulation changes of the 2026 season put forth in terms of competition on the grid.

Since 2014 we have been practically the reference point, or perhaps with another engine, the reference point. This has not changed. I can't wait for 2026 to see the different performance levels of the power units. Toto Wolff concluded.

As indicated earlier, Mercedes has been struggling to bring home victories for a very long time. Despite bringing multiple in-season upgrades, Brackley has fallen down in the pecking order. Regardless, the team continues to attempt to improve performance over the 2024 season with a lackluster chassis.