Toto Wolff has revealed an unlikely affect for the remainder of his journey as Manchester Metropolis boss Pep Guardiola.
The Mercedes boss was pictured in deep dialog with the Spanish coach on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix earlier in December, and Wolff has revealed that the pair have strikingly related approaches to their respective crafts.
After lacking out on a primary constructor’s title since 2013 this season, Mercedes have introduced Mick Schumacher as their reserve driver for 2023, and are assured that Lewis Hamilton is not going to spring a shock retirement on them, and as a substitute count on him to signal a brand new contract.
Toto Wolff claims that Pep Guardiola is ready to play a continued function in his ‘journey’ as Mercedes boss
Each are thought of among the many preeminent people of their area; Wolff gained an unprecedented eight consecutive constructor’s titles within the interval 2014-21 and Guardiola grew to become the primary group to win a sextuple in 2009 with Barcelona.
The pair met at a Puma occasion on the Abu Dhabi GP
‘The 2 of us, we didn’t know one another however after I heard him speaking, it was like my sentences, the identical method – and he stated the identical about me,’ stated Wolff, speaking to the Past The Grid podcast.
‘Basically, it’s all the way down to human administration, and he’s somebody that’s definitely going to be a part of my journey going ahead as a result of he was simply on the identical wavelength, and even the household was on the identical wavelength between Susie and I.’
The primary encounter between the 2 vastly profitable bosses got here at a Q&A occasion for sponsors Puma, the place the pair first bought the chance to select each other’s brains.
Guardiola is named one of the forward-thinking coaches in soccer, so it maybe comes as no shock that he may search inspiration from outdoors of soccer in his incessant pursuit of greatness and perfection.
However although each have loved huge success of their fields, they arrive into the festive interval in positions that they won’t have anticipated to search out themselves in 12 months in the past.
Mercedes are more and more assured that Lewis Hamilton will signal a brand new contract on the group
The Silver Arrows got here into the 2022 season with nice promise after Lewis Hamilton controversially misplaced out on the title on the ultimate day, however didn’t mount a problem on rivals Pink Bull sue to a persistently under-performing automobile.
And 2022 was in actual fact the primary season that Hamilton didn’t even win a race in his lengthy profession in Method One.
Guardiola’s Metropolis facet, who’ve been touted as one of many main groups on the planet, come into the brand new yr second within the Premier League desk 5 factors behind shock leaders Arsenal.
Guardiola’s Manchester Metropolis group come into the festive interval second within the Premier League
