The Head of Mercedes’s F1 Team Believes in the Power of Negative Thinking

Toto Wolff, the team principal, is an executive producer of this summer’s ‘F1 The Movie‘ starring Brad Pitt

Excerpt: "Toto Wolff’s weekends aren’t exactly relaxing. Wolff, 53, is the CEO, co-owner and team principal of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One team, which means he spends his Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at races across the globe.

Wolff took over Mercedes’s F1 operation in 2013 and quickly got used to winning. With Lewis Hamilton piloting one of the team’s two cars, Mercedes won eight straight team championships. 

These days Hamilton drives for Ferrari but remains a close friend of Wolff’s. Both served as producers on this summer’s racing blockbuster “F1 The Movie,” which sends Brad Pitt hurtling around real-world race tracks.

By Tuesday, Wolff is back at headquarters in Brackley, some 70 miles northwest of London, preparing for the coming weekend’s race. But Mondays are spent at home in Monaco with his wife, F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff, and their 8-year-old son. (His two adult children from a previous marriage live in the U.S.) Below, he discusses optimizing his wardrobe, his globe-trotting schedule and giving Hamilton a ride on the Mercedes plane."