(Photo : Lars Baron/Getty Images) ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Mercedes GP Executive Director Toto Wolff walks within the Paddock together with his spouse Susie Wolff earlier than the F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina Circuit on December 12, 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Mercedes staff principal and CEO Toto Wolff, alongside together with his spouse and F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff, are at present below investigation by the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile), the governing physique of motorsports chargeable for sanctioning Formula 1.
This inquiry is centered on considerations associated to a possible battle of curiosity throughout the married couple, each of whom maintain vital positions within the sport. They have been married since 2011 and have one son, Jack, born in 2017.
Toto served as the manager director for the Williams F1 staff beginning in 2009 earlier than transitioning to an analogous function at Mercedes in 2013.
Meanwhile, Susie Wolff, a former race driver, took on a management place on the Venturi Racing staff in Formula E after she retired from on-track racing in 2015. In March 2023, she assumed the function of managing director for the all-female racing sequence, F1 Academy.
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FIA Opens Investigation on Susie and Toto Wolff
The FIA has investigated the couple following reported considerations raised by rival F1 staff principals.
The inquiry focuses on whether or not Toto Wolff and Susie Wolff have been sharing confidential info with Formula One Management (FOM).
Susie Wolff holds a place inside F1 because the managing director of its all-female sequence, F1 Academy, and straight studies to F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali.
According to a report in BusinessF1 journal, the suggestion is {that a} remark made by Toto in a latest staff principal assembly, which gave the impression to be primarily based on info that might solely have come from Formula One Management, served because the catalyst for different staff bosses to register their complaints.
The FIA later mentioned they’re “aware of media speculation centered on the allegation of information of a confidential nature being passed to an F1 team principal from a member of FOM personnel.”
Susie Wolff Responds to Allegations
Susie expressed her sturdy emotions in regards to the scenario in an announcement posted on her social media accounts, saying she was deeply insulted however not stunned.
“It is disheartening that my integrity is being called into question in such a manner, especially when it seems to be rooted in intimidatory and misogynistic behaviour, and focused on my marital status rather than my abilities,” the 41-year-old govt wrote.
Mercedes additionally issued an analogous assertion, refuting the accusations and emphasizing that the allegations wrongly impinge on the integrity and compliance of their staff principal.
Formula 1 Teams Deny Involvement
In a stunning flip of occasions, all the remaining 9 Formula 1 groups issued almost similar statements on Wednesday, December 6, denying that they’d complained to the governing physique FIA about an alleged battle of curiosity involving the Wolffs.
“We, like others, were quite surprised by the (FIA) statement, but it certainly wasn’t instigated or required or set off by Red Bull,” Red Bull Racing staff principal and CEO Christian Horner acknowledged.
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