{
  "id": 16834720,
  "title": "Toto Wolff reveals how Williams' surprise victory helped him secure Mercedes role",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/toto-wolff-reveals-how-williams-surprise-victory-helped-him-secure",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-28T01:40:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/toto-wolff-reveals-how-williams-surprise-victory-helped-him-secure-mercedes-role/10868959/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Mercedes chief Toto Wolff revealed a jibe at Pastor Maldonado that helped him get his place on the team, as the Austrian businessman gave a comparison between the star Mercedes drivers and the then-Williams driver. Wolff was a shareholder and executive at Williams in 2012, when Maldonado took a surprising victory in the Spanish Grand Prix. At the time, Mercedes had won just once since returning…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}