Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has said he was never worried that Lewis Hamilton would quit Formula One. Hamilton will speak publicly for the first time since the contentious Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – and a day after Michael Masi was dropped as race director – when Mercedes launches its new car at Silverstone on Friday. ‘It was not about the race director, or anybody else, but about Lewis making peace with how the race ended. There has been so much discussion about Abu Dhabi – and for the right reasons because how the Grand Prix ended is not how a Formula One world championship should end – but the FIA has put in a new structure and we are happy about that.

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