(Motorsport-Total.com) – The exclusive announcement from ‘Motorsport-Total.com’ that Toto Wolff has made an offer to invest as an investor in the British sports car manufacturer Aston Martin caused a small earthquake in the coronavirus pandemic, which was marked on Friday evening Formula 1 circus. And the news of the possible farewell of the Austrian from the successful team Mercedes spread like wildfire.
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Thoughtful: Toto Wolff’s career in Formula 1 is coming to an end zoom
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TV stations, websites and daily newspapers took up our story – and sometimes did not take the facts so exactly. This in turn caused confusion and open questions for many of our readers, which we would now like to clarify with a special edition of the Formula 1 podcast “Starting Grid”.
In conversation with moderator Kevin Scheuren, editor-in-chief Christian Nimmervoll explains in detail how thoroughly the story was researched and how Toto Wolff’s (rather half-hearted) denial came about.
The inside story: Toto Wolff before saying goodbye to Mercedes
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Interesting detail on the side: Wolff’s reply email shows that he is in a time zone that is five hours ahead of Germany. Which causes great surprise when the head of the most successful Formula 1 team lingers somewhere in Asia, while at home the corona virus causes great uncertainty …
The explanatory video shows highlights from the podcast, which appears on Sunday evening at 7:00 p.m. and can then be listened to on our radio player. Or via an iTunes subscription, for example for the next long drive. Or also directly from our cooperation partner meinsportpodcast.de.
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