Formula 1 racers Toto and Susie Wolff take turns scaring each other on Japan’s F1 Suzuka Circuit.
Imagine if someone handed you the keys to a new Mercedes-Benz AMG GT-R and said “you and your spouse can go play on Suzuka Circuit to see who can scare who more.” It sounds like a whole lot of fun, but for most people, that will never happen.
However, when the husband and wife in question are Toto and Susie Wolff, that is the exact situation which presented itself. Toto is the team manager and a shareholder in the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula 1 team while Susie is a retired F1 driver, a Mercedes-Benz brand ambassador and a shareholder of a new Formula E racing team. They are among the best-known couple in the F1 world and with their connections to Daimler, they got to have some fun in a new AMG GT-R and the whole thing was captured on camera.
Hitting the Track
The video begins with Susie Wolff at the wheel of the AMG GT-R, easing through the paddocks, out onto pit road and onto the track as Toto rides shotgun, filming with a phone. There are also several cameras located on the car to capture the footage, providing a handful of perspectives of this unusual track time session.
With the wife at the wheel, Toto Wolff asks that she take the first lap easy, insisting that she doesn’t know the track well. She disagrees and she does so by pushing the GT-R harder and harder around the track. Meanwhile, her husband yells instructions from the passenger’s seat, demanding that she brake and warning her of upcoming turns. She doesn’t seem listen, instead focusing on getting the most of her seat time while her husband is left making frightened faces to his camera phone.
Driver Change
After Susie Wolff spends a lap scaring and frustrating her husband, the two switch seats, at which point Toto points out that it is payback time. Although he felt that she should take the first lap easy, he hits the track hard and fast. She insists that he is showing off, but based on her reaction, it seems more like he is just trying to scare her.
It works, too. While the former driver is able to safely blast around Suzuka Circuit in the Mercedes-Benz AMG GT-R, his wife seems none-to-impressed with his ability to slip and slide around the Japanese road course. We don’t know who turned the better lap, but there is no question that he scared her more than she scared him.
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