Mercedes in “active legal exchange” with the FIA after Wolff investigation
It’s been a busy week in the world of F1 after on Tuesday, the FIA announced their investigation into claims from Business F1 magazine that som𒉰e teams felt Toto and Susie’s relationship presented a conflict of interest.
The FIA then confirmed 48 hours later their inquiry into the Wolffs had been dropped, noting “there was "no ongoing inv♍estigation" into the matter.
The FIA’s response came after all 10 teams released identical statements on social media stating they had not made⛦ an official complaint 👍and backed Susie Wolff, who is head of F1 Academy.
On Friday morning, Susie released a statement on Instagram, 🔥hitti🅺ng back at the FIA, calling for “accountability” and “transparency”.
Just o🍎ne 🎃hour later, Mercedes posted a statement on their X account, addressing the topic.
It read: “We understand that there is sig👍nificant media interest in the events of this week. We are currently in active l🅷egal exchange with the FIA.
“We await full transparency abou🐭t what took place and why, and h♎ave expressed reserved all legal rights. Therefore we ask for your understanding that we will not be commenting officially for now, but we will certainly address the matter in due course”.
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