With both 2019 Formula 1 World Championships titles wrapped up long ago – making it 12 in six years – Mercedes boss Toto Wolff decided to skip the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend and, by coincidence or not, his team endured their second-worst performance of the season. Only in Germany, earlier this year, were they worse suggesting Wolff's role within the team is far more than merely saying the right things on TV. At Interlagos, Lewis Hamilton qualified third and finished seventh while Valtteri Bottas was fifth in qualifying but crashed out in the race the following day. Well below par for a team which only twice this season their drivers did not score points – in other...
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