Toto Wolff: “Lewis Hamilton’s personal complications disappeared at Mercedes”

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff believes the complications in Lewis Hamilton’s personal life have disappeared during his six-years in the team. Five-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton has been subjected to criticism for his lifestyle away from F1, with his interests in fashion and music. “He’s an integral part of the team and has developed as a racing driver – but even more spectacularly as a human being,” said Wolff in an interview with Formula 1. “When he joined from McLaren it was, for me, like a raw diamond in a sense. You could see complications in his life, and maybe a lack of stability or understanding of what was needed. “All that has disappeared through the Mercedes years. Every year, he became a better Lewis and, knock on wood, in the last two or three years, we’ve barely seen any mistakes. And if they happen, he was the first one to admit them, and that has contributed to our culture of being brutally honest with each other.”

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