Formula 1 News: Mercedes Boss Toto Wolff Reveals Police Investigation into Sabotage Accusations
In a shocking turn of events, Mercedes-AMG F1 Team Principal and CEO, Toto Wolff, has disclosed that the police are currently investigating an anonymous email that accused the team of deliberately sabotaging Lewis Hamilton’s car. This revelation comes on the heels of the Spanish Grand Prix, where Wolff addressed the allegations and vowed to uncover the perpetrator.
The anonymous email, sent to a list of F1 and media representatives, claimed to be from a team member and accused Mercedes, especially Wolff, of “systematic sabotaging” of Hamilton’s car, strategy, and mental health. The email expressed fears that the team was on a “dangerous path” that could ultimately be “life-threatening to Lewis.” Follow-up WhatsApp messages were also sent to selected individuals from a mobile phone.
“It’s not from a member of the team,” Wolff emphasized. “When we are getting these kinds of emails, and we’re getting tons of them, it is upsetting, particularly when there is somebody talking about death and all these things. On this particular one, I have instructed to go on full force. We have the police inquiring [about] it. We’re researching the IP address. We are researching the phone. All of that because online abuse in that way needs to stop. People can’t hide behind their phones or their computers and abuse teams or drivers in a way like this.”
Mercedes has categorically denied any truth to the email’s accusations, asserting that the communications did not come from an employee. A visibly agitated Wolff stressed that the police had been called in to investigate the matter.
Wolff went on to express disbelief that Mercedes would intentionally undermine its own chances in the constructors’ championship by holding back one of its drivers. “I don’t know what some of the conspiracy theorists and lunatics think out there,” he added.
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