Toto Wolff: ‘There are times you just need to survive day by day mentally’

The Mercedes F1 team principal on his struggles with mental health, losing Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari and his frustration over accusations against his wife, Susie

‘I don’t feel pressure as it’s my comfort zone,” Toto Wolff says as he prepares to lead Mercedes into the last three races of another complicated season for his once-dominant Formula One team.

“That’s not a macho sentence because I feel awful and vulnerable at other times, which is more related to life. I’ve always had mental health struggles, but that’s because of my upbringing. That’s why my professional frustration doesn’t come anywhere near those other experiences I went through.”

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Lawrence ‘grateful’ for Jones’ tough love amid criticism of toxic England regime

  • Centre given international debut by Eddie Jones in 2020
  • Australian’s methods have been likened to a ‘dictatorship’

Ollie Lawrence has revealed he ­questioned why Eddie Jones was “on his case so much” when he was the England head coach but has since reached the conclusion the ­Australian’s home truths have been the making of him.

Lawrence won his first cap under Jones – who will face his former employers at Twickenham for the first time on Sunday when England host Japan – in 2020 but failed to make an impact on the international stage despite his fine form for Worcester.

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