💔 Heartbreak for the LMP2 leader! The #30 Duqueine is stopped at the Daytona Chicane. #LeMans24 #WEC

A message to our number 63 ahead of his 100th Grand Prix for Mercedes 💯🩵

🗣️: "i had a lovely chat with george yesterday and he was saying, 'look, what it might seem to the rest of the world is that, you know, kimi's obviously the hot favourite and everyone's supporting him within the team, but actually i'm getting just as much support behind the scenes from toto.' how do you manage two drivers this way? i mean, you've got a bit of experience." toto wolff: "i always try to be super balanced. alan prost once told me at the beginning of my time in mercedes, i asked him 'what went wrong between senna and you' and he said that 'the team was never transparent, we never knew who is the love child' and i try to do the opposite. pressure when pressure is necessary, and also the odd, you know, put your finger out of your backside. [..] and on the other side, all of us put our arm around them when they need the support. and i feel that i'm happy to hear that because none of them can say we are not giving them equal treatment, equal support, equal love. and i think it's down to everyone to never make them feel that it's not going in the direction." 🗣️: "but do they require a different approach? you know, everyone responds differently to carrot and stick. do you have to handle them differently?" toto wolff: "they are different personalities and they handle things differently. and, you know, i'm generally very impressed because when you look at kimi, sunday night he wins the monaco grand prix, we go to the gala. what does he do? there's no drinking, there's no partying. next day, he's fishing with my nine-year-old all day. complete relaxation. he doesn't bother about the girlfriend, about nightclubs or beach clubs. [..] i think he's at the level at the moment. and it's about marginal gains, you know, every marginal gains. and on the other side, george is in a little bit the same situation. he has his girlfriend and they keep between themselves and... how can i say? it's just they're pushing each other so much that there is no giving up of the tiny margins."

The Team enjoyed that one 👏 A special pole on a special weekend for George!

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10 pole positions in F1!!!! 🩵