Toto Wolff Quotes

We want to run at the front, we want to be competitive and, in order to be competitive, we have to have a sensible power unit.

If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.

A race driver needs to be quick, to be intelligent, to have good relationships and be in the right place at the right time. There are a lot of factors that would create a successful race driver.

I was already on pole, then by half a second and then one second and I just kept going. Suddenly I was nearly two seconds faster than anybody else, including my team mate with the same car.

One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car.

I feel like we're a very good top-10 car, but we really have to work hard and find a unique way to get these top fives.

No matter what, the entrepreneur must strive to be above average and, at the same time, understand what is driving those averages they are seeking to beat. Take the time to understand and test the metrics you are using, and then you can not only set the average, you can exceed it.

I don't drive by the seat of my pants and happen to win races. I work very hard to interpret the data and drive a certain way. My engineers have confidence in me, and more often than not, when I tell them what I need or what I am feeling with the car, it's right.

There's a line you have when you're racing, and you can ride up to that line. If you push beyond it, you might crash. But first is first, second is forgotten. That's what we say.

It's probably 10% luck and 45-45 on the driver and the car. If you have a bad car, you're done.

Winning races is very difficult - actually, it's not: you just have to qualify in front, and then it's much easier, from what we've analysed!

When there's a rule that you can use only three engines for the whole season, and you are a team that is not worried about 2018, you are worried about being world champions in 2020, you need to make progress.

If I want to do well in racing I need to be more focused so I stopped going to school. If I wasn't a very good driver it would not be a wise decision, but it gives me an advantage over my competitors.

There's only one racing strategy that matters.It's the one I run by: Get in the lead and don't let anyone pass you.

You can talk about systems until you're blue in the face but that's secondary - if you're closing down, if you're first to the ball, it doesn't really matter what system you've got.

If the car is capable of finishing eighth, then I want to get the most out of the car and put it eighth. If the car is only capable of finishing 13th to start the year, then that has to be our goal.

My role is to take the player to his limits, to provoke him, to annoy him against me, because in this nervousness is the will to improve.

For some reason, the busier I am at the track, the better I tend to race. I think it's because I don't have to deal with all the distractions outside the car that can get me in trouble at times.

I need to find a way to improve my qualifying performances because then I think my races will be even better.

I just really love being the first to do something and that drives me to think, 'What are people not doing right now, and how can I be the best at it?'

If you win the turnover battle, you're gonna win more than you lose - and quite a bit more than you lose.

I'm not a big guy that watches technique from my opponents. I try to do what I do best and hope that my stuff is better than their best stuff.

You've got to turn over every stone; you've got to look for every advantage. You need to make sure you're doing everything you possibly can, not just on the field but off it, to give your team an advantage - from having a sleep expert coming to talk to your team to having an independent analysis of your team done.

If you've led the championship after seven races you should be fighting for the title.

Just like football, business is a game of inches, where the smallest advancement or advantage can mean the difference between winning and losing.