The 2024 Season of Formula 1 It started with the news that Lewis Hamilton will leave Mercedes at the end of the year to join Ferrari starting in 2025. And although both the driver and the director of the German team, Toto Wolffassure that the relationship remains cordial, in recent races there has been a lot of speculation about it.
Since Hamilton’s accusations about the difference in the rear wing compared to that of George Russell in Monacoto the performance differences between both cars in Canada, tension has grown within the Silver Arrows. This has caused rumors among the press and fans, although prior to the Spanish Grand Prixthe situation took on a larger dimension.
Toto Wolff shared that police are investigating the source of an email accusing Mercedes of trying to sabotage Hamilton’s car. The email arrived anonymously and was sent to the same list of Formula 1 representatives and media outlets to whom the alleged messages were sent. Christian Horner to an employee, at the beginning of the year.
The messages accuse Mercedes and Wolff of systematic sabotage against Hamilton
According to the email, from someone who said he was a member of the team, the team and the Austrian manager are deliberately carrying out “shady” actions against the car, the strategy and the mental health of the seven-time world champion. He added that he feared the team would get to the point of “endangering Lewis’ life.”
In this regard, Wolff insisted that there is no truth in this series of messages and regretted that there are people who, from a phone or a computer, feel free to cause this chaos. “It’s not from a team member. When we get these kinds of emails, and we’re getting tons of them, it’s annoying, especially when there’s someone talking about death and all this stuff.”
“In this specific case, I have given instructions for all measures to be applied. The police are investigating. We are investigating the IP address. We are investigating the phone. All this because online abuse like that has to stop. People don’t can hide behind their phones or their computers and abuse the equipment or the pilots in a way like this,” he said.
Wolff assured that they would never deliberately harm their pilots
On the other hand, the director of the Brackley team expressed his surprise at the conspiracy theories that have circulated lately. “Lewis has been part of the team for 12 years. We have a friendship. We trust each other. We want to end this on a high. We want to celebrate the relationship.”
“If you don’t believe all that, then you can believe that we want to win the constructors’ world championship. And part of the constructors’ world championship is making both cars win. So, to all those crazy people out there, go see a psychiatrist.” “, he concluded.
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