What I don't understand is how people need proof of misconduct before calling this a conflict of interest. A conflict of interest happens when there's potential for insider misconduct. Susie and Toto can share confidential info over breakfast without leaving a record, and it only occurred to someone just now to think it could be problematic?
well you cant just accuse someone of something without showing proof that it happened, generally speaking. Toto wasnt the one who appointed his wife to F1A Boss
@@adalsegu9670 That is what a conflict of interest means. It's not to accuse someone of being guilty, it's to prevent anything from happening. If anything, the proof is they are married to each other, which is a "conflict" of interest. If you think certain referees should excuse themself from calling any games related to their nationality, why do you use double standard here? A conflict of interest is a statement of the fact about the relationship between two parties, not an accusation of illegal action.
@@adalsegu9670 Everybody here seems to think it was FOM intel that got leaked. In the initial allegation there was talk of undisclosed intel of a team principal's meeting making it to the FOM, not the other way around. Susie Stoddart's appointment was always going to be a conflict of interest, especially should those allegations turn out to be true.
@@commanderlewisskipperton8721 All internet can be a shitfest, it's up to you what you indulge in. At least on twitter you can truly control what content you have access to and what people's BS you can fully avoid.
@@MyRealName Yeah, by blocking and/or muting virtually everyone on that site. It's almost as if some of us have figured out a forum which thrives on sensationalism isn't worth navigating at all.
i've already seen a shit ton of angry fans calling out RedBull for being scumbags when they, too, released the statement that they did not give the FIA any information. I'm sick of seeing childish names like Karen Horner
FIA ''hey we're doing an investigation'' Wolff '' Hey I didn`t do shit you hate women'' Mercedes '' We didn't do it'' F1 ''They didn't do it , plus you should say when you do an investigation'' FIA... We never said who was concerned...
Just because they weren’t named publicly doesn’t mean they weren’t informed of the ‘disciplinary hearing’ prior to a statement being released to the media.
Rumors are, during a TP's meeting TW shared some information all the other TP's did not know about. This raised suspicion and the FIA was tipped to look into the matter.
The cost cap breach was via Shaila Rao, who was quietly let go after that story broke. Rao was a former Toto Wolff aide, who too a senior position with the FIA
@@vandalsgarage Confirming TW’s historic role in illicit communications. There’s only one option here: Susie Wolff must be removed by F1 from any position of importance, Toto must be personally and substantially sanctioned by FIA.
@@ThatoneFRCSusie didn't even work for FOM when info about the cost cap breach was leaked. She was team principle of a FormulaE team, she got her role with FOM in March this year. Over 9 months after the cost cap saga
While I don't think Susie doesn't has any info on F1 regs, when Merc showed up with components that were just made legal on that day in Canada, that is crazy suspicious.
@@ChristianRodriguez-xv5qgif they were pushing for it to be legal it could honestly have just been hopefulness building it before they pushed for it becoming legal to test
😂 there is a regulations book, they have team of people constantly studying it, in order to be compliant. They don’t need Susie to enlighten engineers about bits and pieces, neither she has that info. On the other hand, it’s like a law,, tax law etc.,anyone can invest time and learn what they need.
What I don't understand is, it would always be a conflict of interest. So why wasn't this thought of earlier? Why was Susie elected to be the head of F1 Academy (or whatever her exact title is) without this possibility being addressed? I mean, it doesn't take much thinking to realize that this may be a conflict of interest.
Susie married into it from the very beginning, that is her career in a nutshell. Yes it was always conflict of interests, but I guess now that Mercedes power/influence is dropping, people are questioning it more.
My question is how the f1 manager of merc and someone in a completely different league would have to share that's sooooooo critical to the sport. It's sad people can't have a relationship cuz of people like yall
@@rileyfair5 She's connected to the FIA itself, she CAN get the info (not saying she did). That's what makes it a conflict of interest. Not if it actually happened but the fact it can happen. That's why, in football for example, referee from Poland won't be appointed for Poland's games...
While they`re at it they could investigate how Toto got to know about the cost cap breaches before anyone else did, and also how Mercedes magically produced the "double floor stays" at the drop of a hat in Canada when the FIA issued the technical directive....and the role that Shaila-Ann Rao played in all that, considering she "left" just six months after beeing appointed.
@@mohammadnashitsiddiqui2168 yep... And the fact that the 2014 regulations for hybrid engines was based on technology that Mercs had been working on since 2007... The list goes on 🙄
@@dibdab101 Funny story.. F1 isn't even the first time Merc has pulled this shit. Mercedes CLK GTR, was based on a Mclaren F1, privately bought, tested, crashed and resold, only the engine was original.
Yep. Toto pretty much told on himself when he start blabbing about Red Bull breaching the cost cap before anybody else even knew about it. The Canada floor stays thing was insane... they were so embarrassed by how blatant it was that they took them off the car! People who try to project the most holier-than-thou image are typically the dodgiest people of all.
@@mohammadnashitsiddiqui2168 There were repercussions. Actually read the penalty report. Lots of misinformation and assumption based conclusions between you two in this thread lmao
The unprompted defense and Susie trying to deflect the allegations under the bullshit guise of “misogyny” proves unequivocally that something sketchy has been going on
I guess the same application of misogyny also applies to Toto given the information was allegedly shared both ways. It’s perfect how feminists have completely devalued their most powerful word.
well the FIA has been trying to take jabs at the paddock for a while now, teams are losing interest in the FIA they've been trying to claw back at any chance they can get to assert dominance a lot of petty-ness
@102Help My thoughts exactly. Distracts the conversation and puts pressure onto the FIA to drop it. Why someone would appoint the wife of one the most influential team principals on the grid to such a position is what should get looked at, so obvious it's a conflict of interest.
@@RENO_Kif by ‘a while now’ you mean the last 40 years. This nothing new. It is the way the sport has been at least since Bernie started running it is when the politics ramped up massively.
This exactly. I can unerstand defending yourself and maybe even doing that overly aggressively, but to pull out the identity card makes me really think there's something there.
Honestly, not at all...she's entirely right to make that assertion - this accusation is almost entirely distilling her role at FOM down to a simple funnel to her husband toto, and not viewing her as an independent professional capable of keeping her own standards required for fulfilling the requirements of her job. But we shall see how the result turns out I guess...
Having such situation, hence wife and husband creating a potential conflict of interest, is already a sign that the "ethical" aspect of the rules in place in these organizations is to be considered as of secondary importance...
I don't know if ethics was ever a thing in F1. If you think about what goes on the track even, many world champions rammed other contenders off the road. It's total competition at all costs. It's also about total competition for money and making more money. It's pretty disgusting thb, I only follow F1 on youtube cause all the millionnaires and billionairs in the sports surely don't need my money [from ticket sales or pay TV]. The sport is way too dirty for me to support that and it's getting worse by the look of it. Sports washing is the latest it seems, and going to countries where human rights abuses are just normal. Meanwhile profits are soaring for F1. Mission accomplished?
The misogynistic remark is not for the statement by the FIA. The rumors apparently come from the same site that said the F1 Academy drivers (where a lot of drivers are underage) should use the sex appeal of the drivers and that they should "use sex to sell themselves". You can read up the article by buisnessf1, if you like more details. It made quite the headlines. The same magazine that had to the pay thousands in a libel case against an f1 employee and that stated Lewis Hamilton plays the race card all the time. So not a very good source.
Toto isn't just a TP. He's a team owner. Really bad judgment on the part of Susie and Toto. Even the most basic compliance courses in almost any corporation underline the importance of avoiding a conflict of interest. If these allegations are true, Toto looks pretty silly having made such a big fuss, at the time, because it kinda gives away the fact there was a conflict of interest.
seems to be a decision on par with the whole of the season. just another bad decision. Its the season that keeps on giving. ^^5 seconds for Ocon indeed! lol
Even if they haven't traded secrets or done anything wrong to date, it is still a conflict of interest so Susie should never have eligible for that position
The same thing happened with the costcap surrounding Red Bull where Toto knew before anyone else, and with the regulations surrounding the floor and a second support mount which Mercedes already had designed. At that time it was Shaila Rao who leaked confidential information but it wasn´t made public or in to something by the media. Because it was Mercedes, a car company like Ferrari who sometimes get away with these kinds of things because they don´t want bad publicity and F1 doesn´t want to make the car company´s angry because they depend on the car company´s. When Mercedes started dominating with there engines they also got the information two years before any other team. It´s always the same with Toto and Mercedes and since Lauda has died it has become worse and worse.
Toto openly stated that each team has a finance director who hold regular meetings with the FIA and the other finance directors in a group setting. Red Bull’s finance director questioned and raised concerns about certain elements, and so the Mercedes finance director reported this back to Toto as it was a group meeting. Toto even said on one TV interview that Christian Horner should ask his finance director about the issues he raised. As for the metal brace, Mercedes were pushing for the ability to run this, so there is a very high chance that they’d already designed this part, but even if they hadn’t - it was a metal brace drilled and screwed through their carbon bodywork (which hadn’t changed). It would have likely taken someone half an hour at most to drill 2 holes and attach this metal brace to stop the floor flapping about.
It’s really disappointing that Susie immediately played the “they hate me cause I’m a woman” card, as it is evidently not the case, and for her to say that her marital status isn’t part of this is ridiculous. Normally it wouldn’t be, but she’s married to the boss of a front running team.
Wat other reason could it b tho? Fia had all the information in terms ot their relationship status.... Totos position etc etc, yet they(FIA) still put her in that position,but now their sudden stance does look fishy as in mayb susie couldnt handle n seperate professional from personal.... That is undermining considering nothin has changed from toto n susie. N unfortunately for FIA 'conflict of interest' is very rich from them considering jonathan wheatley n micheal masi were well documented pals wen that wjole debacle took place, yet they were as ease wit it does open them up to being prejudice coz a woman is involved now imo, wats ur thoughts as im not downplaying ur view just talkin from a susie n merc pov. Thanx
So Toto and Susie couldn't share information they both got from the FIA and were expected to just not talk about it to each other. Doesn't take a genius to expect this to not work for one second. If I was the FIA, I would expect everything I share to one party to end up at the other end in less than 12 hours, no matter what the NDA says about that. That's just reality.
No.... Susie shouldn't share information she got from F1 by her being part of F1 management or just staff. Not FIA. F1. 2 different things. Doesn't take a genius to know the difference....
Susie doesn't work for the FIA she works for FOM. She runs F1 academy a spec series that's lower than F4. If they're sharing F1 FIA info with her that their fault. Why would she need access to that info in her role?
that's a you issue. Me and my partner both work on 2 different sides of financial law and we manage perfectly fine to not share information. I would expect the same from any other professional, which both of them clearly ar
Mate you know the inner structure of FIA? Have you worked there? The point is information has been leaked to Toto two times so obviously. First time was that second stay rod which Mercedes miraculously had on their car less than 24 hours after FIA announced it. All of that during a Grand Prix. Second time was when Toto was condemning RB for breaching cost cap and was calling for harsh punishment a week before FIA came out with official information. Even then FIA mentioned how they was gonna investigate about that, and now when they are doing that Toto is like “really? How dare they” So she’s clearly in a position to get that information, therefore there’s an investigation going at the moment.
This is a surprise? When my wife told me about this little fact, I immediately said “that’s a conflict of interest,” and now here we are. I’m shocked. Shocked! Well, not that shocked.
I'm curious what super secret information was passed. Drivers in Academy are years away from an F1 seat. Unless Merc is expanding their young drivers program and is getting track data or who else is prospecting talent. The cars are spec so it's not like they're gifting break ducts. Sponsorship money, maybe? Merc wants to put their name on it but not overbid by too much? I am genuinely curious how they've colluded. And if they did, how they plan to catch Susie leaving her laptop open on Toto's desk.
@@richardn3387 she's a part of FOM, so she's part of F1 meetings too from what I hear. That means there's a possibility that word gets around to her and so on
@@mohammadnashitsiddiqui2168 That still doesn't explain how she could get info that would give Mercedes a competitive advantage if she shared some of it with Toto over breakfast. Unless FOM gives access to F1 info to all it's senior staff regardless of whether their role is in F1 or not. Then it doesn't make sense to think that someone running F1 academy a series that's lower than F3 would have access to F1 info. Actually, if they give everyone access to info then info would still get leaked even if Susie wasn't an employee, just like RBs cost cap breach got leaked. We also need to know what info the FIA actually shares with FOM seeing as the FIA is responsible for the sporting side of F1
@@jessez8503 I think the important clue is what exactly is the information. Is it sth to do with near or distant future. In the latter case, there's some sense how Susie might've known, because any F1 changes, tyres, aero etc, usually trickles down in lower formulas
@@richardn3387 That depends what meeting she is in. She holds a director position on the F1 academy. Which in it's current state won't produce anything beyond an side show appetizer on some GP weekends. None of the drivers we've seen there will ever be an full time F1 driver. Some of them might get an testing virtue signaling promotion marketing side gig.
In their defense, rapid design prototyping has been one of their competitive strengths for the better part of a decade. In days of yore (unrestricted wind tunnel testing) teams have had correct parts for a new reg on hand, simply because they were testing frames with them and doing what-if wind tunnel analysis. All that's into the wind with the new wind tunnel rules.
@@hammerfist8763 that's much harder to do now with the cost cap now isn't it? the 'what-if' wind tunnel analysis that is, since a lot of it would go unused.
@@hammerfist8763 That is rubbish. It was announced on Wednesday, and they arrived on track on Thursday with body parts prepared. No one is that good. Just NO
The way Susie Wolff went for the "misogyny" defence concerns me. People typically play identity politics when they are trying to deflect. It isn't the action of an innocent person but a grifter who knows they may be caught.
What a terrible take. If you’ve spent your entire career being treated differently because you’re a woman in motorsport (they’ve only just updated the rule book to say ‘the driver’ rather than ‘he’ for example) then when something you consider absolute bullshit gets reported about you then of course you’re going to be more sensitive to that and of course you’re going to assume, given how spurious and vague all this stuff is, that it’s because someone wants to badmouth you. Same as she’s had over the last 20 years behind the scenes I’m sure. It won’t be the first time she’s faced someone trying to sabotage her because she’s a woman because some just don’t like women getting into key roles still
Susie Wollf seems to already try to put herself in the victim role, which at this early stage is suspicious, but also disgusting behaviour if you ask me
Each have been accused of impropriety in the related article that prompted the FIA statement, by the FIAs own admittance. Not quite related to the FIA either so all very strange. FOM would be the injured party, if they had info being leaked, yet they strongly deny any issues. I suspect the journo/ FIA have overstepped in using such to poke at FOM.
@@Podemeister Allegedly the flow of information went the other way. While it's unclear, whether Susie might have given FOM intel to Toto, it was the FOM seemingly obtaining otherwise undisclosed details about discussions taking place during a team principal's meeting, that triggered the first allegations.
"Telling on yourself"- you look foolish now that every team have come out denying the allegations. It is absolutely within her right to fiercely defend against what is essentially an accusation that she is not fit for office.
@@DaedalusMinionFor real, how in the world is defending obviously malicious accusations proof of guilt. This is absolutely garbage journalism even for The Race on the off season.
F1 and the CART/IRL split has too many parallels. The CART/IRL split are rooted back to when in the 80s the teams gained too much power over the sport, something we are now seeing in F1.
remember when Mercedes tested their 2022 car with an extra floor support before it was announced as legal, wolff clearly gets his information from somewhere on the inside of F1
And this is how the FIA will get the teams to get on board with allowing Andretti on the grid. 'Hey Toto, we could drop this investigation if you sign on...'
As much as I want Andretti on the grid this "case" is so weak lawyers are lining up outside Toto's office salivating at the thought of suing the FIA for all they are worth.
I 100% believe that is what this is going to lead to. The FIA exerting itself on Liberty Media, and taking back the rights holding for F1. This will get messy, quickly.
Why was there no investigation of sheila rao, and her appointment to the budget cap board halfway through the season in 2021 and then toto having knowledge of confidential information before others in 2022
Because Mercedes is a car company and just like Ferrari F1 depends on those company´s and they don´t want to make them angry. So sometimes just like the Ferrari engine in 2019 it gets sorted out within closed doors.
Just remember CART. When it peaked in popularity everyone involved got greedy and wanted control and destroyed the series. Its never been the same since.
Well, Toto already got tipped off and went public about Red Bull's overspend back in 2021, whilst submissions were confidential. Not to mention that floor stay regulation change last year that they worked on ahead of time - I think conflict of interest is putting it lightly...
The definition of Conflict of Interest could not fit this situation any better, in fact I was flabbergasted when I learned about Susie getting the F1 Academy job, although it was not entirely surprising considering the nepotism and cronyism that plagues the sport.
When the FIA says something as unspecific as “they are looking into a matter of media speculation” and Mercedes/Susie Wolff respond immediately by saying they did nothing wrong, that’s a pretty obvious admission of guilt no?
Let's be honest, it wouldnt be beneath Wolff and Mercedes, just think back to their illegal testing of new tyres, or their "coincidental" access to the new engine regs both just before the start of their 7 year dominance.
They were burning oil when nobody else was, when the fia finally caught on they wrote regulations to impose a limit on newly introduced engines, which was everybody but Mercedes. Toto while on sky f1 said they’d follow the new rules even tho they didn’t have to, but of course that went out the window when Ferrari started to catch up. Worst of all no one, apart from myself, talks about any of this and ppl just believe they pulled an extra 20-30kph on straights and faster acceleration out of corners out of nowhere.
The conflict of interest just smoke thrown by FIA and MBS to vs FOM,all teams are posted they support susie wolf . They don’t wanna become victim if FIA succeed this time mean FIA will get more control at the same time
Remember Brazil several years ago where they got a magical fresh engine that had them devouring cars on the main straight, that wasn't suspicious at all.
@@sz5876 Yeah 2021 Brazil was hella sketchy, legit looked like Lewis had 100hp extra on the straights, it was absolutely unreal. How that never got investigated is beyond me...
With no names being dropped a Statements that fierce are weird. I do dare to believe that someone feeling that threatened does have something to hide. On the other hand it’s Toto and he isn’t really the collected type when it comes to those things.
They didn't drop names on the teams who broke the cap last year, it's probably just their protocal - either way we all know in both cases who they are talking about
Yeah I understand that they were named in the media reports, but the FIA didn't name anyone or even the rumors themselves, yet all 3 parties responded so fast and so fiercely that I believe there has to be some truth to it. Otherwise you would be wiser to ignore it and hopefully let it blow over without you ever getting involved
ehhh, they probably just came out with statements because it would leak/ or come out anyway in the next few days and everyone would be something: they are hiding so must be them. Just seems like everything is speculation.
ehhh, they probably just came out with statements because it would leak/ or come out anyway in the next few days and everyone would be something: they are hiding so must be them. Just seems like everything is speculation.
Got to love that she and Mercedes came out and refuted allegations against themselves before anyone announced the allegations were at them. Call me crazy but that seems like something someone would do if they may be guilty of the allegations. JS
@Aefweard oh yeah, we all know this happened, so why so long to look into it. Now that the cat is out of the bag someone is fucked regardless how this ends
@@Aefweard everyone knew they did, considering that season mercedes still had the best team with eric blandin, james allison and may others before they left, its funny how they closed a massive gap when mercedes stop development in 2020 so early on to focus on 2021 and they still get margined...
I feel like it would have been better off if Mercedes and Susie didn't issue statements about it this early, especially when no on was actually namedropped in the first place. Now for the more speculative, it looks like they really do have something to hide.
Can you share you evidence that proves they’ve done wrong please? No media outlet, F1 or the FIA have done so, which means you’re clearly in possession of something no one else is
Caught doing what? How do YOU know? And if not, why spread allegations about someone? How would you like if I claimed you were, dunno, a child abuser? Hey, now it's not so cool, right?
It’s funny that, because if they’d said nothing you’d be here criticising them for not denying it and that they’d have something to hide. This is how the world works, when a public accusation is made people, teams or companies will make a statement of denial. Mercedes F1 are a brand, they have a brand image to protect which would necessitate a public statement of denial. The same with Toto and Susie.
@@matthewbarber13no point arguing with these people in the comments, the majority of them want so badly for Toto and Susie to be guilty, they’ve made up their minds already.
As this rift between FOM and FIA grows bigger and bigger, fans will be forced to take a side and decide with their wallets. Personally my opinions are gradually shifting from being close to FOM mindset to FIA one. FIA is the regulator and the enforcer of the agreements that FOM collectively agree. So if FOM has a problem witg FIA, they really have a problem with themselves.
I remember in Drive to Survive last year Toto was talking about Checo making comments about the car being unsafe, yet never produced any evidence of Checo ever stating that publicly. Someone else pointed out that Toto knew about Red Bull breaching the cost-gap before even Christian Horner knew. There's WAY too many things that were coincidences in the past few years that make a lot more sense with the information (whether true or not) that Toto was getting information from his wife who was working for F1.
The problem is, half the FIA is made up of friends and former colleagues of an existing F1 team. If Susie and Mercedes are conflict of interest, you can say the same for other teams.
If Max Verstappen drove a Mercedes this season he would have won at least one race, we are dealing with a level of talent the likes of which has never been seen before in F1.
@@remy090 Red Bull are no saints, but Mercedes are pure scum. Everything they did over past 10 years proved that, start from spying and keep going. Say what you want but that's true.
I came into this with the mindset of "this is a nothing burger", and then Susie had to go full "Muh 2 X Chromosomes" about her struggles in life, and now i cant help but believe that the FIA has something tangible here.
You know what they say, "Don't believe anything until it's officially denied." Because you know something must've happened for them to feel the need to make a statement at all.
@@AlizioHermanBecause when you are guilty, you give every excuse you can think of, in order to make the accusation sound ridiculous. If it's without substance, you just laugh at it and know there would be nothing that comes out of it
@@indcredible7839 and if you're falsely accused of something, you would be dumb to not think of every excuse to prove your innocence. Literally what defense attorneys do.
While the 100 year deal also feels really weird, and also permitted undercutting of potential direct competition, especially in Europe (which is why you don't have alternatives to the F1 pathway for formula racing iN Europe), this continues to be good work by Ben Sulayem and company to try to improve the within-FIA health of motorsport. But the end solution would be an ecosystem where alternate international world series in each of these disciplines as well as regional series, would compete against each other. And motorsport fans, communities, cultures, etc. would ultimately be the ones with the greatest leverage as to what happens where and that would be best in the longer term.
She was made Managing Director of F1 academy in March ... she was married to Toto and he was Team principal at the time... nothing has changed inbetween...
More like FIA: “hey were launching an investigation into some F1 teams” The wolffs: “how dare you investigate us? Its wrong” FIA “we didn’t even mention names but thanks you for confirming what we expected” 😂
I don't understand why teams focus on saying "it wasn't me" instead of focussing on reaffirming any potential conflict of interest should be investigated. Everyone should welcome this. Yes it sucks for the Wolffs, but it can also mean they get cleared after investigation. (main issue here is the media reporting before anything is known, like the budget cap breach from RB)
The Race get this video out the *very next day* after these allegations against Toto; yet, RB and Horner seem to have been granted some sort of free pass - with the Race yet to post any video about allegations against Horner. Who's in charge? Michael Masi?
The amount of people in this comment section jumping at the chance to be experts in clownsuits on why Mercedes should be penalized and/or both Toto and Susie fired..
Yeah, reeks of standard modern day deflection. Its a tried, and more importantly, dead trope. If giants like Disney and stuff can't use that anymore as a shield. A simple individual like herself surely can't either.
Canada 2022 came to my mind. FIA wanted to introduce a second floor support, no team knew about it... by Canada Mercedes came up with that seconds support to test.
Even if there was no particular misconduct on this occasion, that seems like an awfully big; and obvious, conflict of interest going on there. Sort of puzzling how it was allowed.
What the most people miss is that there are team principal meetings where thing are being discussed about fom ore FIA. It’s not what Susie saying to Toto but Toto to Susie. the reaction of Susie I found strange at minimum. Do not forget that Toto had twice info how he should not have RB bugged cap thing he spook 4 weeks before the end date and the wings last year that the had new mounts for there wings. And it’s a bad look for the f1 totally
If this really is a broader fight between f1 and the FIA, going after a TP and team owner is a huge deal. Toto is not like a Horner or Fred or Gunther, he’s more closely related to a Ferrari/matterschitz considering his ownership of the f1 team.
Even if the FIA didn’t name them specifically, we already knew who it was since there are really only 2 people who it could be. Just kinda surprised that this just happened now rather than earlier.
ive been thinking for a long time now thats its weird that two people as close as susie and toto are allowed to work is such delicate work as inside f1 and teamboss.... so its high time to have one of them give up their job in order to not risk sensitive information being discussed during off the record situation like example during breakfast....
Toto and Susie are husband and wife. They can swap information freely over dinner, at bedtime, in the car, etc., without leaving any evidence to show they did. It's totally unrealistic to assume no information will ever be shared.
It is a bang-on conflict of interest to have anyone related to an influential person in F1 get involved with FIA management. There is no bloody 'misogyny' in pointing that out.
F1 needs to be more responsible in their response to this issue. The FIA are OBLIGATED by their mandate to investigate allegations of conflict of interest and potential corruption - it would be inappropriate of them to not look into the matter. Toto and Suzie are who they are, they’re always going to preen for the cameras and instantly over-react, but F1 as an organization should not be so quick to pick sides. Their responsibility is to all stakeholders, not just the Wolfs. It behooves FOM and Liberty Media to wait until the investigation is complete and then comment on the matter. If the FIA clears the Wolfs without comment or influence from F1, there could be no greater exoneration for the pair.
Most likely Susie, as I believe toto owns a part of Mercedes or something. I'm honestly surprised f1 let this happen. Not surprised a one spouse would tell the other info, even if it's not right. Any spouse not just the wolffs.
Suzie Wolff rejects the idea that her and her husband Toto talk "Look, i haven't spoken to that terminator looking mofo in a decade or more and anyone who says so is calling me a liar" Toto agreed as part of their joint statement, while they held hands in solidarity.
To everyone claiming an obvious conflict of interest, you are wrong. If Susie should have been prevented from being promoted to managing director simply because she is married to Toto, then no team personel should ever be allowed to join another team since their loyalties could still be tied to the prior team. Their marriage and high ranking jobs only warrants a need for certain neccesary transparency when needed. They are both extremely dedicated professionals and that should be valued more than the simple fact that they are married.
@@dirty_macyeah I don't know about that. Like yeah we all knew who were, but the response certainly just make them feel really quilty. It's probable not because of knowing who the accused were but because of the fierceness of the response. Like you could put everything on cold just by saying yeah mate investigate away. Or even "we are prepared to fight the accusations if the process goes on because we knew we did nothing wrong" How they did it it sounds quilty
it would explain why mercedes was the only one with an updated floor (2nd stay) in canada a day after the rulechange that a 2nd would be allowed. and it was not really smart of the wolffs to react that way if you are not even named in the article.
Susie Wolff claiming it's because of misogyny was uncalled for and represents her unprofessional approach to all this. Based on her level of argument, her accusation was evidently misandrist.
As someone who worked in IT, Why would the f1 academy boss need access to cost cap reports? If they had access to that information, you have a permissions issue right there that needs to be addressed. I think there's a potential conflict of interest there and maybe she can push a good female driver in Toto's direction but still, i don't see why she would need access to f1 data to run another championship after just having come from formula E.
