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Team boss Toto Wolff says he will stay with Mercedes next year, but the role he will play has not been decided.
Wolff has led the team to become the most successful in F1 history, winning drivers ‘and constructors’ titles for six consecutive seasons, but his contract expires this year.
He has been considering his future, but after the Italian Grand Prix he said he would be “involved in one way or another.”
“I love this team and I think this is my place,” Wolff said.
“It’s just [that] Eight years as a team manager are taking their toll and it is something I am reflecting on.
“It’s important to make the right decision for my family or for me, but you can be sure that I will be involved in this team in one way or another.”
Wolff is a 30% shareholder in the team, as well as its boss, and he also runs the entire Mercedes motorsports program.
His wife Susie is also a team leader, of the Venturi team in Formula E, and they have a young son.
Wolff said he “is still in a year of reflection and I have until December 31”, adding that, in terms of his relationship with the head of Mercedes’ parent company Daimler, “I get on fantastic with Ola Kallenius.”
One of his main concerns as Mercedes is on track for a seventh championship double this year is securing Lewis Hamilton of a new contract beyond this season.
