{"id":407273,"date":"2026-01-12T01:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/407273\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T01:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:02:12","slug":"we-dont-want-to-do-this-anymore-we-are-a-formula-1-racing-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/407273\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We don\u2019t want to do this anymore, we are a Formula 1 racing team&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/toto-wolff\" title=\"Toto Wolff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toto Wolff<\/a> has confirmed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/formula-1\" title=\"Formula 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Formula 1<\/a> will be Mercedes\u2019 sole focus from now on.\u201cWe\u2019re a Formula One racing team. We don\u2019t want to go sailing. We don\u2019t want to do any other sports\u201d- Toto WolffIn previous years, Mercedes was involved in the America\u2019s Cup via the Mercedes-AMG <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1\" title=\"F1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1<\/a> team\u2019s Applied Science division, supporting a British challenge by contributing advanced engineering expertise and technical insight to the INEOS Britannia effort across multiple campaigns, most notably in the lead-up to the 2021 and 2024 editions.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Forbes, the Silver Arrows\u2019 team principal revealed that the partnership has now come to an end, as has any prospect of Mercedes becoming involved in other sports in the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to do this anymore,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re a Formula One racing team. We don\u2019t want to go sailing. We don\u2019t want to do any other sports. Complete focus (must be) on only Formula One.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/toto-wolff-6919b48164f65.jpeg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto h-auto\" alt=\"toto-wolff-mercedes-jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Race Pictures<\/p>\n<p>Wolff shares Mercedes&#8217; &#8216;new focus&#8217; message<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes recently confirmed its launch plans for the 2026 season, with the first images of the W17 set to be released on January 22, just days before the start of pre-season testing in Barcelona.. That will then be followed by a digital launch event on February 2.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the announcement, Wolff also shared his thoughts on the year ahead via social media. Addressing the fans, the Austrian CEO and team principal said: \u201cNew year, new focus. Now, we look forward to new challenges, to new possibilities. 2026 isn&#8217;t just another season. It&#8217;s the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/news\/wolff-shares-mercedes-new-focus-message-2026-season-is-now-underway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read the full story here.<\/a>Want to stay up-to-date with what happens in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1\" title=\"F1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1<\/a> paddock? Then GPblog&#8217;s F1 Paddock Update video is the perfect way to do it. Subscribe to GPblog&#8217;s YouTube channel and turn on notifications to never miss the latest episodes. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toto Wolff has confirmed that Formula 1 will be Mercedes\u2019 sole focus from now on.\u201cWe\u2019re a Formula One&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,35119,813,816,189983,85,4703],"class_list":["post-407273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-f1-news","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-mercedes-amg-f1-team","tag-sports","tag-toto-wolff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}