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Wolff didn't believe ‘Formula E could make it'

Preparing for Mercedes' first season in Formula E as a constructor, Toto Wolff admits he 'didn't believe' the electric series would survive. Formula E's sixth season will get underway in November in Saudi Arabia with Mercedes one of 12 teams making up 24 cars. The team unveiled its first FE driver line up at the Frankfurt Motor Show on Wednesday, confirming former Mercedes F1 driver Stoffel Vandoorne and Nyck de Vries. Mercedes will be the only manufacturer competing in both FE and F1. 'First of all, I didn't believe that Formula E could make it,' Mercedes motorsport boss Wolff told Autosport. 'When Alejandro [Agag, FE CEO] and Jean [Todt, FIA president] started the championship I didn't...
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