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Toto Wolff to miss Japanese Grand Prix amid growing doubts over Mercedes' future

Toto Wolff will not compete in the Japanese Grand Prix for the second year in a row Photo: Clive Mason/Formula 1 via Getty Images

How it happened PA has learned that Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff will not take part in the next Formula 1 race in Japan.

It is believed that Wolff's decision to miss the Suzuka race on April 7 was made before the start of the new season and was not associated with the team's performance in Australia.

Wolff admitted after Sunday's race at Albert Park in Melbourne that it was «fair» to question his future after Mercedes' worrying weekend.

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Lewis Hamilton qualified 11th and had the worst start his 18-season career was confirmed when he suffered an engine failure on lap 17 and teammate George Russell was seventh when he crashed out.

Wolff, who lives in Monaco, will use the intercom remotely throughout the race weekend in Japan — with his on-track responsibilities split between senior members of the Brackley team.

The Austrian also missed last year's race. Japanese Grand Prix and the subsequent stage in Qatar after knee surgery. In such cases, the team's Director of Driver Development, Jérôme D'Ambrosio, was handed the effective baton of team leadership on the spot.

But earlier this month it became known that D'Ambrosio would end his association with the team when his contract will expire at the end of the season.

Wolff admitted in an interview with the PA news agency last year that he intends to reduce his presence at the track in the coming years.

The 52-year-old, who has been at the helm of Mercedes since 2013, recently signed a new three-year contract under which he will remain as General Director. and the head of the Formula 1 team, which he co-owns with Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ola Kallenius.

Mercedes won an unprecedented eight constructors' championships in a row between 2014 and 2021, but they have only won one of their last 48 outings.

Russell, fresh from a harrowing crash in Melbourne, is expected to be at the helm team apartment. in Northamptonshire later this week as Mercedes seek a solution to their poor start to the season.

Russell missed out on the rest of Sunday's race after hitting the wall on the penultimate lap while chasing Fernando Alonso. .

The two-time world champion was deemed dangerous driving by stewards and was demoted from sixth to eighth place due to a 20-second post-race penalty.

However, the 42-year-old maintained his innocence in a post published on social media.< /p>

Alonso wrote: “A little surprised by the penalty late in the race regarding how we should approach corners or how we should drive race cars. We in no way want to do anything bad at these speeds.

“I believe that without gravel on this corner, on any other corner of the world, we would never even be investigated.

< p>“In Formula 1, with more than 20 years of experience, changing race tracks, sacrificing entry speed for good corner exits is part of the art of motorsport.

“We never drive at 100 percent every time. On a race lap and every corner we save fuel, tires, brakes, so the responsibility of making sure every lap isn't the same is a little surprising. We must accept this and think about Japan to have more speed and fight for positions further.»

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