Toto Wolff promised Lewis Hamilton he wouldn’t pursue a move for Max Verstappen while the Brit was at Mercedes, as revealed in the new season of Drive to Survive. The Mercedes team principal, who worked with Hamilton for 12 years, spent the first half of the 2024 season looking for a replacement for the Ferrari-bound driver.

Drive to Survive suggests Lewis Hamilton sought assurances from Mercedes that he wouldn't be replaced by Max Verstappen

Lewis Hamilton has been spotted leaving the apartment of Mercedes boss Toto Wolff just weeks ahead of his Ferrari F1 debut in Australia.

Toto Wolff pledged not to try to bring Max Verstappen to Mercedes while Lewis Hamilton was with the team. The Silver Arrows’ boss pushed hard to get the four-time world champion on board last summer but to no avail. Hamilton’s exit left Wolff in a problematic spot last season.

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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff promised Lewis Hamilton that he would not go after Max Verstappen as a potential replacement for the seven-time Formula 1 world champion. This revelation emerged during a preview for the new season of Drive to Survive,