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Wolff 'has no plans for a quieter life'

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Toto Wolff, the Head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport, says that despite all the stresses that inevitably go hand-in-hand with running the leading Formula One team he's not planning on seeking a quieter life anytime soon.

"I enjoy what I do, and I very much love to work with everybody in the team," Wolff told the official Formula One website this week. "As stressful as it is going to the races, the minute I am at the circuit and I interact with them I only can say these are my best days."

Wolff added that he needed to continually set himself new challenges to keep his enthusiasm and energy levels.

"I have always set objectives for myself. I motivate myself to reach these objectives," he explained. "Achieving my own objectives, enjoying what I do - Even dealing with setbacks is an inspiration for long-term success."

However Wolff is the first to admit that his time in such a high-profile, high-stress role is inevitably finite and that eventually he will be looking beyond his current role at Mercedes to other challenges and opportunities.

"When I run out of ideas or when the satisfaction level drops I will stop, but I haven’t reached that point," he insisted.

"Who knows what the future holds," he said. "My experience shows me that eventually other doors open. In what direction I am looking for this door I can’t tell.

"I need an interesting and even stressful job. There is another gentleman - [Bernie Ecclestone], the one who runs F1 - who is also of that mould. We do what we enjoy most, no matter how intense."

Retirement and settling down in the country to raise pigeons is certainly one thing not on the table as far as Wolff is concerned.

"No potatoes, no pigeons," Wolff said. "I am 44-years-old and enjoy what I do. Maybe when you get older these kinds of ideas pop up, but I get bored after 48 hours of holidays!"

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.