Mercedes F1 chief Toto Wolff announces surprise career move amid team’s struggles and Lewis Hamilton frustration

TOTO WOLFF has announced a shock career move amid Mercedes' struggles on the track.

For the last two-and-half years, Mercedes have played second fiddle to Red Bull and Dutch phenom Max Verstappen.

Wolff and the rest of the Mercedes team, however, have been hard at work trying to end Verstappen's recent dominance.

But the Austrian has also had one eye on educating university students in America.

It was announced this week that Wolff will teach an MBA course at Harvard's prestigious Business School.

Wolff - who recently became a billionaire - has now become an Executive Fellow and guest lecturer at the Ivy League school.

A proud-as-punch Wolff said: "I feel very honoured and privileged to continue working with the incredibly bright young minds at Harvard.

"Whenever I step on campus, I am inspired by the students' curiosity and ambition, and I leave energised by the special learning environment they create together with the brilliant faculty."

Professor Anita Elberse - who will teach the course in along with Wolff - said: "We very much look forward to welcoming Toto back to campus.

"I have seen first-hand how much our students benefit from learning about Toto's leadership journey and from his deep knowledge of what it takes to run a highly successful sports team.

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“With Toto on board, I am confident that we can make a profound positive difference in the development of the leaders of tomorrow."

Chair of the Practice Faculty Len Schlesinger said: "HBS is fortunate to be able to benefit from this dynamic partnership of Anita and Toto.

"I am confident it will be a spectacular experience for the students.”

The F1 season resumes action on Sunday evening with the eagerly-anticipated .