While Susie Wolff was rumoured to run for presidency at the FIA, her husband, Toto Wolff, once again put these news to bed with a joke. The team principal and CEO also talked about F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali's contract extension.
'Only way I step down'
If Susie Wolff would end up becoming the FIA President one day, that would lead to a potential conflict of interest with Toto Wolff's role at Mercedes. Therefore, Wolff was asked about whether he would need to step down from his position if that happens at some point. "That's the only way to achieve that," the Austrian smiled when asked by Motorsport-Total.com.
"No, that was never an issue with Susie. We're an entrepreneurial family," Toto Wolff continued. He then underlined that his wife currently focuses on F1 Academy. "She isn't ready for an ambassadorial or representative role, as honorable as it is to be FIA President. But no, she won't."
On Domenicali's contract extension
The Mercedes team principal is also happy that Stefano Domenicali will remain the CEO of F1, after he signed a contract extension until 2029. "He's a good guy, he has the right values, he has good business sense. He's brilliant at dealing with the promoters, and he's not fooled. And the fact that he's staying with us for the next five years is really good news. The sport needs stability, the sport needs direction, and he's providing that."
With Spa-Francorchamps becoming a rotating event from 2027 onwards that only appears in every second season, many worry about historical tracks disappearing from the calendar. Wolff underlined that Domenicali, they are in 'good hands', given that he also lives in Monza near the track. The Austrian aims to achieve the right balance in this question, and believes the Italian is equipped to deal with that.
"With Stefano, we have someone who understands the heritage of the sport very well and knows that we need to go to these places to popularize Formula 1 in other regions of the world. The trick is to find the right balance. You have to keep the traditional, spectacular races and add new ones, and that mix is important. And Stefano is clearly the best judge of that," he concluded.
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With so much emphasis by Trump keeping biological males out of women sports as there is just no way for women to compete with men on equal terms, why is there so much focus of the F1 Academy, trying to find the best women drivers in order to try competing in F1?
Just like the transgender who was ranked 34th when he competed as a male and then became No 1 and broke all records in the women's event, the best lady driver in the F1 Academy will be a low mid field driver or back marker driver at best if they compete in F1 against men drivers.
@Mech Ah, the classic “women can’t possibly compete with men” argument, wrapped in a baffling mix of F1 Academy, transgender athletes, and Donald Trump. Quite the cocktail of nonsense you’ve served up here.
First off, your comparison is ridiculous. F1 Academy exists to develop female drivers in motorsport, not to "force" them into F1 unprepared. It’s about opportunity, not artificially engineering equality. F1 isn’t purely about physical strength—if it were, Nico Hulkenberg (a gym rat) would have multiple titles, and Fernando Alonso (42 and still outracing young talents) wouldn’t be on the grid. The key factors are skill, racecraft, and experience, which female drivers haven’t had the same access to due to decades of exclusion.
Second, dragging Trump into this is laughable. F1 is an international sport with zero ties to American political talking points. The F1 Academy isn’t a “woke experiment”; it’s an effort to counteract barriers that have historically prevented women from reaching F1. You’re essentially arguing that since women haven’t yet been competitive in F1, they never will be—which is like saying Red Bull should have quit F1 in 2006 because they weren’t winning championships.
Lastly, your attempt at a transgender analogy falls flat. A single example from another sport doesn’t prove a universal point, and comparing biological advantages in endurance racing to contact sports is intellectually lazy. If you actually followed motorsport history, you’d know that women like Lella Lombardi, Michele Mouton, and Danica Patrick have competed at elite levels and performed well despite minimal support.
So, instead of parroting lazy talking points, try understanding what F1 Academy is actually about: developing female talent so that, one day, they might break through the same way countless male drivers have. But sure, keep pretending the current lack of female F1 drivers is some immutable law of nature rather than a systemic issue created by, well… attitudes like yours.
You are starting to revert to the old Mech that spewed so much BS. You had a good run at the end of last year where you made some sense and didnt come across as an uneducated moron. Bring back the old Mech that could post a cognative and inspirational comment.
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