Toto Wolff has explained a heated dialogue with Lewis Hamilton at his property in 2016 that prevented the Briton’s “divorce” from Mercedes.

Hamilton has been with the Brackley-centered staff given that 2013, in the course of which time he has gained 6 of his 7 F1 entire world titles.

But the partnership with Nico Rosberg soured when the duo battled for the title concerning 2014 and 2016.

The greatest flashpoint was the spectacular remaining-lap collision concerning the staff-mates at the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix which Hamilton went on to get but immediately after detailing how he stamped his authority in the aftermath of that celebration, Wolff went on to describe how he and Hamilton held disaster talks at the stop of the calendar year.

“We fulfilled at the [Mercedes] Xmas bash in my property in Oxfordshire that December, reluctantly,” Wolff instructed The Occasions.

“I claimed we require to make your mind up no matter whether we want to function with each other or not. ‘You want to get as a driver, I want to get as a staff. In some cases our unique agendas are likely to direct to conflict and we require to make your mind up no matter whether we can cope with that scenario.

“We were being in my kitchen area. I claimed to him, and Susie did not substantially like this analogy, that even while Susie and I could disagree about a little something, it would never ever arrive into my brain to divorce. ‘And it is the exact same with you Lewis,’ I claimed. ‘I do not want a divorce. You are the greatest driver. I want you in our auto and we want to offer you with the greatest auto.’”

Describing how the tensions boiled about in the course of the talks, Wolff additional: “We type of went into this dialogue at loggerheads and then, immediately after 4 or 5 hrs in the kitchen area, we uncovered ourselves on a thoroughly unique stage.