Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff To Miss Next Race- Japanese Grand Prix

Mercedes's team principal will miss the fourth race of the 2024 season, the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit.

The team principal has personally attended every single event this year so far, from the pre-season testing to the most recent Australian Grand Prix.

However, the 52-year-old will be absent during the next F1 race in Japan. It has been suggested that Wolff's absence has nothing to do with his team's current performance and that he made the decision prior to the start of the season.

Last year, the team principal left out two of the 22 Grand Prix weekends—the Japanese and the Qatar Grand Prix—because he was recovering from knee surgery.

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It might have been at that moment that he realized that he needed to prepare his team for his absence because he later told the media that he planned to scale down his in-person involvement at the race track over the next few years. Told PA last year:

While he made it clear he doesn't plan to step down from his position anytime soon, the Austrian team principal seems to want his team to be prepared if it comes to that.

The Japanese Grand Prix will perhaps be the first of the multiple-race weekends that the team principal plans not to attend. Nevertheless, the Mercedes boss is expected to be connected remotely from his home in Monaco.

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