{"id":9617,"date":"2025-07-21T00:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T00:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/9617\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T00:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T00:30:11","slug":"toto-wolff-addresses-difficult-conversations-experience-as-honda-reject-rumour-racingnews365-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/9617\/","title":{"rendered":"Toto Wolff addresses ‘difficult conversations’ experience as Honda reject rumour \u2013 RacingNews365 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toto Wolff has recalled his previous experience of having “difficult conversations” with drivers as Mercedes continues to chase Max Verstappen.<\/p>\n

Wolff is a long-term fan of Verstappen and is keen to lure the four-time champion away from Red Bull and join the Brackley squad for 2026.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Toto Wolff recalls \u2018difficult conversations\u2019 as George Russell-Max Verstappen debate rages<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tHonda reject early Red Bull return rumour<\/p>\n

Honda Racing president Koji Watanabe has rejected a rumour that Red Bull would have continued using the Japanese manufacturer’s powertrains in 2026, if it could not produce its engine on time.<\/p>\n

For the first time in its F1 history, Red Bull will produce its own powertrains for the new power unit regulations, starting from next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Honda reject early Red Bull return rumour<\/a><\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tMcLaren handed ‘so close’ verdict in Oscar Piastri-Lando Norris title fight<\/p>\n

Former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer has insisted it is “so close” between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, and judged that neither driver has more momentum than the other.<\/p>\n

Piastri leads Norris in the drivers’ title by a marginal eight points, with Max Verstappen in third sitting 69 points adrift ahead of the second half of the season.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: McLaren handed ‘so close’ verdict in Oscar Piastri-Lando Norris title fight<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tCharles Leclerc puzzled by unexplained Ferrari F1 slump<\/p>\n

Charles Leclerc is puzzled by his slump in F1 qualifying performances, a previous strength of his.<\/p>\n

The Ferrari driver is regarded as one of the fastest drivers, if not the fastest, over a single lap, and has 26 pole positions to his name – the most of any non-world champion and equal 12th on the all-time list with Mika Hakkinen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Charles Leclerc puzzled by unexplained Ferrari F1 slump<\/a><\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tMax Verstappen ‘open-minded’ over huge looming F1 shake-up<\/p>\n

Max Verstappen says he is “open-minded” about F1’s huge regulation reset for 2026, and is not spending much time thinking about it.<\/p>\n

For 2026, F1 cars are set to feature the biggest-ever change from season to season, with all-new chassis and power unit rules set to shake up the grid.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Max Verstappen ‘open-minded’ over huge looming F1 shake-up<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tLando Norris ‘baggage’ claim made as McLaren ‘pressure cooker’ heats up<\/p>\n

Former F1 driver Johnny Herbert has claimed that Lando Norris has learnt to dump some of his mental “baggage”, as the McLaren “pressure cooker” heats up in the drivers’ title.<\/p>\n

It looks increasingly likely to be an all-McLaren fight for the championship this season between Oscar Piastri and Norris, who are separated by just eight points.\u00a0<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Lando Norris ‘baggage’ claim made as McLaren ‘pressure cooker’ heats up<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toto Wolff has recalled his previous experience of having “difficult conversations” with drivers as Mercedes continues to chase…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,827,830,828,831,829,826,813,823,825,806,805,824,803,804,822,85],"class_list":["post-9617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motorsport","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9617","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=9617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}