Iron Lynx<\/a>.<\/p>\n“As Mercedes, it’s something that we\u2019ve done in the past,” Wolff added. “But we weren\u2019t particularly… that wasn\u2019t our happiest place. We had a very bad accident in the \u201950s when we exited, and then some of our prototypes were flying – literally taking off – in the \u201990s and early 2000s. I think it was the 1990s.<\/p>\n
“But what it is for me today is, we are concentrating on the main platform, and that is Formula 1. It’s what we want to do. It captures 99% of the audience. Everything else comes second.<\/p>\n
“Now, we have entered with Mercedes in the GT3 category. That\u2019s something we\u2019re looking at as our customer programme.<\/p>\n
“And then there’s the little caveat to all this: at Mercedes, we are racing people. We don\u2019t like BoPs – we don\u2019t like Balance of Performance. We don\u2019t like somebody assessing your power, your energy consumption, your weight, your driver skill…<\/p>\n
“You spend so much time and money and effort developing the quickest car, and then you\u2019re being given 10 kilogrammes of ballast,” he continued. “I don\u2019t want that. I just want to build the quickest car.<\/p>\n
“Formula 1 has shown how it should be done. Give us a cost cap. Do more of that – give everybody a cost cap. You cannot spend more than – whatever you said – 30-40 million. And within this 30-40 million, you can do what you want. I mean, there are still regulations, but nobody needs to bluff in pre-season testing or qualifying. It\u2019s pure racing.<\/p>\n
“If that were to happen, then Le Mans would absolutely be something we would look at. But at the moment, with BoP – having some officials judge whether you\u2019re too quick, adding 10 kilogrammes to your car or taking it out of someone else\u2019s the next day – that\u2019s not for us at the moment.”<\/p>\n
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Lydia Mee\n<\/p>\n
Formula 1\n<\/p>\n
Le Mans\n<\/p>\n
Toto Wolff\n<\/p>\n
Mercedes\n<\/p>\n
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