Mercedes is lucky to escape penalty for the way the German team aimed fire at the governing FIA following the controversial end to the 2021 title battle. As for team boss Toto Wolff, though, the Frenchman seems enraged. On the one hand, there should be a dialogue between the FIA, drivers, teams and rights holders, but this openness should not be directed against us.”. Wolff, though, is evidently unapologetic, joining Hamilton in his boycott of Thursday’s FIA gala and refusing even to send the constructors’ title-winning car for a photoshoot. He also said pushing ahead with an appeal against Masi’s decision in Abu Dhabi would have been pointless because “the FIA wouldn’t admit its own mistakes”. “We don’t want to waste a bad word about Max, Horner or Marko,” said Wolff.

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