Toto Wolff had to rebuild Lewis Hamilton “trust” after 2016 title defeat to Nico Rosberg
Hamilton and 🐠Rosberg famously went head-to-head for the 2016 title, with the German ultimately coming out on top.
It proved to be a difficult season for Hamilton, who lost the titl𒊎e mainly due to a run of Me🌜rcedes engine-related issues.
After his most no𝔉table failure at the Malaysian Grand Prix - the race he was leading 🍒and had he not suffered the DNF, would have most likely won the title - Hamilton hit out at his own team.
He said🦋 at the time: “Someone doesn’t want me to win this year. My question 🍸is to Mercedes. We have so many engines made but mine are the only ones failing this year.”
Hamilton’s complaints also 𓆏stemmed from the fact Mercedes decided to do a complete overhaul in terms of which mechanics worꦍked on which car.
Effectively, Hamilton’s mechanics from 2013 to 2015 moved over🍎 to Rosberg’s car and vice🌱 versa.
In an interview with ESPN, Wolff spoke about his relationship with Hamilton and the i♛mportance of trust.
“Trust is a bit of a topic for him and me, and you need to earn trust, test it, and only the🌞n can you trust and we built it up over the years," he said.
"We had some tough moments, li🎃ke in 2016 [when Hamilton lost the title tಞo teammate Nico Rosberg, but we tackled it right away.
“It's like [what] I have with Susie [Wolff, Toto's wife], if I have an issue you pick up the phone🍌 immediately and speak. Every🐼thing is being discussed and you clear the air, or you agree to disagree.
“And with him since then we have been super s𓆏tro🥂ng.”
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