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New Mercedes recruit very impressed by Toto Wolff: "It was unreal"
While Lewis Hamilton has signed a new contract at the top of the pecking order at Mercedes, the manufacturer has attracted a new talent at the bottom. The Dane Frederik Vesti, who made a good impression in Formula 3 last season. And he knows exactly who to make an impression on. Vesti had already caught the eye of Mercedes boss Toto Wolff when he was still racing in Formula 4 three years ago. After a victory at Hockenheim, he received the trophy from the Austrian. "He came to the podium. It was unreal," Vesti said in conversation with Motorsport.com. "Then I realised that I had to do everything I could to become a Mercedes driver and have Toto as my boss." Read more...
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