Mercedes copied Pep Guardiola in Hamilton’s farewell!

Pep Guardiola He is an example in many respects for several sports personalities. The last admitted to paying attention to the methods of the former coach of Barça and the current manager of Manchester City is Toto Wolff, top team leader Mercedes in F1.

The decision of lewis Hamilton to go to Ferrari This surprised Brackley’s team but Mercedes didn’t try to change his mind. On the other hand, Wolff made sure that he took Pep Guardiola as an example to deal with the situation

“In my opinion, if someone decides to leave, you have to let him go. I talked to someone Pep Guardiola has been around for a long time and he is a friend. I said to him: ‘What would you do if this or that player left?’ And he answered me: ‘what shall I do?’ I said to him: ‘Well, are you trying to convince them to stay?'” the Silver Arrows Team Manager told the High Performance podcast.

“He answered me:’No, if someone thinks they can play better somewhere else, or that they’ve won more, you have to let them go.‘” Wolff explained. “And that’s something I embrace both ways here. “If someone wants to leave, let’s do it as much as possible for each of the parties.”

Clarification to Antonelli

Another contentious topic since Hamilton’s announcement in February has been Mercedes’ decision to replace him with Kimi Antonelli. The 18-year-old Italian has barely a year of experience in F2 but is in charge of replacing the seven-time world champion. But for Wolff it is something very clear.

“It was actually something that comes very naturally to me. There is an instinctive response, an internal response that I had within me and that was literally ‘that’s the chance for Kimi’. On the other hand, there’s been an F2 season ahead and a lot of testing for Kimi, so in a way you have to step back and say ‘wait a minute, that’s your gut reaction, so it’s probably going to happen, but it could happen.’ There are breaking points where you must act rationally and logically,” he reasoned.