Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has quashed any rumours he is planning to replace Lewis Hamilton. The Brit was left heartbroken after a record eighth world title was snatched away from him in such a controversial manner at the end of the last campaign.
Following the contentious events in the closing stages of the Abu Dhabi GP last December, Hamilton took a two-month absence from all forms of media, leaving many to suspect he had walked away from the sport and the silver arrows were looking to fill his seat. One of the names put through the rumour mill as a future Hamilton replacement has been Red Bull’s Sergio Perez, but team principal Wolff made it abundantly clear that those reports, and any other reports for that matter, were untrue.
“It’s a complete bull****,” Wolff said emphatically during an interview with the Italian branch of Motorsport.com. “I never called Sergio, he’s a good guy and I respect him, but I never talked to him and I was not in contact with any other driver.
