After recent weeks of harsh comments and verbal exchanges, they are now preparing for a grand reunion and complete peace at Mercedes for Lewis Hamilton's final race.
Toto Wolff spoke ahead of Abu Dhabi and reflected on the good times, noting that it is possible that Lewis Hamilton will continue next year at a rival, but he will always remain part of the Mercedes family:
“After twelve incredible years, we have reached the point where this weekend Lewis and I will write the final chapter of our shared story. Let’s put our hands on our hearts, because this has been no ordinary journey! When we began our collaboration in 2013, not even in our wildest dreams did we think how far we could go together… We have won six individual world titles, plus eight constructors’ titles. In the meantime, we have achieved eighty-four victories, seventy-eight poles, one hundred and fifty-three podiums and written the most successful relationship between a driver and a team in the history of Formula 1. Many moments of success and peaks, but also many difficulties that we have experienced together. But our relationship is much more than statistics, it is a legacy that goes beyond even the sport.
There is, for example, the joint effort to make F1 fairer, our common fight for inclusion. We started this together and it was a great honour to work with Lewis Hamilton. This weekend will not be just a race weekend, but a celebration. We will celebrate and conclude everything we have discussed, we will say goodbye and try to build on and feed off of this for the future. We are opening a new chapter with the help of George Russell and Kimi Antonelli, but now it is more important than ever to end the collaboration with Lewis Hamilton beautifully. Thank you and once again, let's do it together, one last time!” - said Toto Wolff emotionally upon parting with the successful creator of Mercedes.
