Wolff says he offered to resign from Mercedes several times

Toto Wolff has revealed that he offered to resign as Mercedes team principal several times during the team's difficult period in Formula 1, but that Mercedes-Benz chairman Ola Källenius refused each time. Wolff made the comments at the 2026 Golden Steering Wheel awards in Berlin.

Mercedes recently clinched its ninth constructors' world championship in Brazil, its first title since 2021. Andrea Kimi Antonelli also secured the drivers' title at the previous race in Mexico, giving Mercedes its first world championship double since 2020. The team had struggled between 2022 and 2025 under the ground-effect regulations, claiming just seven race victories in that period.

Wolff reflected on the difficult years, saying the team had got things wrong before understanding why, and that the resilience of the people who stayed together was a key factor in the recovery.