The move is a blow to Mercedes with Vowles occupying a crucial role in the team and being a key contributor to their success over the past decade. However Vowles has been involved in the planning for members of his strategy team to step up and Wolff believes Mercedes have sufficient strength in depth. “One of the successes in our team has been planning succession,” he said. Wolff suggested the FIA’s intentions would yet have to be talked through with teams and drivers.

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