Which headphones does Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff use and how must they cost?
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Toto Wolff wearing headphones sponsored by BOSE
Toto Wolff is one of the more demanding team principals that you will come across. Mercedes and Toto Wolff took the sport by storm in the year 2014 and didn’t look back from that winning a record 8 straight constructor’s championship. Toto Wolff has left no stone unturned to ensure that Mercedes stays on the top of the grid. Mercedes is now a well oiled machinery with all the aspects of racing covered.
Toto Wolff has an aura around him outside of him as we saw in the Netflix Series “Drive to Survive.” He’s one of the most stylish Team Principals on the grid. The man likes to keep himself in shape and also very particular about the gadgets he uses during the race. One of the most popular videos of F1 has to be Toto Wolff throwing his headphones in anger. Let’s know more about his famous headphones.
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Toto Wolff’s headphones sponsored by Bose
The race in Saudi Arabia brought out the emotion in Toto Wolff. The German is an aficionado of the sport and also has a lot of passion for his team. We got a glimpse of it when Max Verstappen brake tested Lewis Hamilton which damaged his front wing. This enraged Mercedes’ team principal, which led to him smashing his head phones. The headphones that he smashed were made by Bose. Mercedes even took to Twitter and apologized to the brand.
But the popular image of Mercedes team principal helped Bose to get a lot of traction out of that act and reportedly made profit out of the same.
The cost of Toto Wolff’s Headphones
Mercedes knows how to splash the cash and that is vividly evident with the kind of sponsors that the team has. The team’s headphones are sponsored by Bose and it’s safe to say that the headphones that Toto Wolff uses are very expensive. Bose customizes the headsets for the Mercedes F1 team and their radio transmissions. This partnership started over three years ago and Bose pledged their allegiance to provide Mercedes with latest technologies and the best audio in their products.
Hence, it’s safe to say the product costed more than $229.00. As reported by formulaone.
Toto Wolff’s net worth is estimated about 438 million pounds, as reported by dailystar.co.uk. So, this makes it a meagre amount for the Mercedes’ team principal but the aura of the man is such that even a moment of anger on live television helped a company like Bose make thousands of dollar from that. We all understand the emotion that comes with any sport but Toto Wolff would not want to do it again keeping in mind that the younger generation is also watching the sport.
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Shubham Bajpai
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