AMG GT R Wows Married Formula 1 Duo on Race Track

Susie and Toto Wolff can’t get enough of furiously blasting around the Suzuka Circuit in Japan with one of Mercedes’ finest.

Susie and Toto Wolff are likely the best-known married couple in the world of Formula 1 racing, with Toto being a part owner of the Mercedes AMG Petronas team and Susie is a former driver in the series. While the husband was a shareholder in the Williams F1 team, the wife was one of their drivers, but he has moved onto the AMG Petronas team while she retired from F1, now serving as an ambassador for Mercedes-Benz and assisting in the growth of Formula E.

Recently, presumably as part of an event with Mercedes-Benz, Susie and Toto Wolff took to the track at the Suzuka Circuit in Japan in a new AMG GT R. The video, shared by the official F1 Facebook page, calls it a track battle, but they don’t really even make full laps, making it seem like they are really just trying to scare each other; in which they both succeed.

Ladies First: Susie’s Seat Time

The video begins with Susie Wolff at the wheel and Toto in the passenger’s seat, where he is filming with his phone. She begins in the paddock area, pulling out onto pit road and heading out onto the track.

As you might imagine, the former F1 driver immediately begins to enjoy the AMG GT R, but her husband seems less-than-confident in her ability to rocket around the track in this car right away. He reminds her that she doesn’t know the track, urging her to take the first lap easy to “see how it goes”, but she has other plans.

While Susie Wolff is fairly gentle at first, it only takes her a few turns before she is really hammering the curves with the AMG GT R. As she continues to build speed, her husband barks directions from the passenger’s seat, mostly directing her to brake and warning her of upcoming turns.

Not surprisingly, she has no issues piloting the Mercedes-Benz AMG GT R around the Japanese road course, although the experience was clearly unsettling to her husband. However, it was his turn behind the wheel.

Toto Takes the Wheel

After Susie Wolff rocketed around Suzuka Circuit in the AMG GT R, she stopped in pit road and the two switched seats. Toto took the wheel and Susie handled the filming from the phone, while cameras in the cabin and on the outside of the car provided additional footage.

Once Toto Wolff hit the track, he didn’t heed any of his own advice. He immediately began pushing the car to its limits, sliding around turns and popping across the curbs at high speed. While this is going on, Susie is in the passenger’s seat, desperately demanding that he slows down, but he does not.

In the end, Toto Wolff also scooted around the track in the AMG GT R without any problem, but in the battle of who scared who more, the husband gets the win.

Crank up your speakers and enjoy.

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Patrick Rall

"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.

"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.

"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.

"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.

"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.

"Being based on Detroit," says Rall, "I never miss the North American International Auto Show, the Woodward Dream Cruise and Roadkill Nights, along with spending plenty of time raising hell on Detroit's Woodward Avenue with the best muscle car crowd in the world.

Rall can be contacted at QuickMirada@Yahoo.com

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