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Toto Wolff to teach MBA course at Harvard Business School
The Austrian will be teaching a course called “Mercedes F1: Leading High-Performance Teams” to first- and second-year MBA students.
The class will take place in January 2024, taking advantage of a rare period of relative quiet in Wolfe’s usually hectic schedule as boss of Brackley’s organization.
Wolff will teach the course with Prof. Anita Elberse, whom he has worked closely with in recent years.
Dutch-born Elberse follows Wolff and the team through the 2021 season, studying how he operates and writing a case study titled Toto Wolff and the Mercedes Formula One Team, which led to Wolff Husband had previously appeared on the campus of the University of Massachusetts.
The pair also collaborated on an article in the prestigious Harvard Business Review titled “Formula 1 First,” which outlined Wolff’s leadership approach in six lessons.
The Executive Fellow role is awarded to individuals working in various fields who are willing to teach in their spare time alongside their day jobs.
When Wolf speaks, people listen.
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“I feel very honored and honored to continue working with very bright young people at Harvard,” Wolf said.
“Every time I set foot on campus, I am inspired by the curiosity and ambition of the students, and energized by the exceptional learning environment they create together with the outstanding faculty and staff.”
“We very much look forward to welcoming Toto back to campus,” Elberse said. “I have seen firsthand how our students benefit from learning about Toto’s leadership journey and his deep knowledge of what it takes to run a very successful sports team.
“With Toto on board, I believe we can have a profoundly positive impact on the development of future leaders.”
Professor Len Schlesinger, Chair of the Faculty of Practice, said: “HBS is fortunate to have benefited from this dynamic partnership between Anita and Toto; I am sure it will be a spectacular experience for the students.”
Russell also had bounce problems in the high-speed corners of Barcelona, which made it harder to drive his Mercedes W14 to the limit, with the Briton reporting he believed he had problems with his tires early in the first quarter.
“The car didn’t feel good every lap of the race,” Russell said when asked by Autosport about the car’s behavior.
“We made some small changes from FP3 to quali, and the car bounced a lot in high-speed corners.
“In the corners that were easy to get flat in practice, I couldn’t get it flat. I couldn’t get the tires to work, everything went wrong. From the first lap in Q1, I knew we weren’t going to have a good day. It was weird .
“We should take advantage of conditions like that, which we usually do. As a team we usually do well when it’s challenging, but today, especially with me, it was different.”
Russell was knocked out in the second period after contact with team-mate Lewis Hamilton and was six-tenths off Max Verstappen’s benchmark time for the stage.
Russell mentioned that Q1 leader Nico Hulkenberg was 1.5 seconds behind to underscore his struggles, adding: “I’ve tried all kinds of outer circles, all kinds of pressure. Probably just getting ourselves a little bit lost and confused.
George Russell, Mercedes-AMG
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“For those cold, wet, oily conditions, the set-up changes we made in qualifying were definitely going in the wrong direction, which is a shame, especially because I think we have a very fast car. I think in FP2 In , we probably have the second fastest car after the Max, ahead of the Ferraris.
“So not all is lost. Tomorrow we just have to be patient and try to bounce back.”
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff backed Russell’s downbeat assessment of his weekend, admitting the team had gone the wrong way with his car.
“It was clear from the start that the set direction we were going with George made the car worse,” he said. “I think from the very beginning he was complaining that he didn’t have any grip, he had bounce and the car was understeering before it was oversteering.
“That’s something we need to unwind now to see exactly what we could have done differently.”
Charles Leclerc was disappointed to qualify for the Spanish Grand Prix for the 19th time. The Monaco native is looking forward to what will be a tricky game for him. Leclerc expects tire management and pit stops to play a big role in the race. He told this in a press conference with GPblog and others.
Lewis Hamilton finished fifth in Spain. Due to Pierre Gasly’s penalty, the Briton could start from fourth. The Mercedes driver suffered a lot from a bouncing car, the Mercedes driver told GPblog and others at a press conference during free practice.
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