Wolff again calls on Red Bull for transparency: 'That makes the difference'

In December last year, the FIA announced that it had launched an investigation into a conflict of interest between Toto and Susie Wolff. After each Formula 1 team gave a statement in which they all denied having filed a complaint, the investigation was dropped.

Toto Wolff supports Susie Wolff

Susie Wolff is unhappy with how the FIA handled this and has filed a criminal complaint. Speaking to Sky Sports, Toto Wolff expresses his support towards his wife. "First of all, Susie is a strong woman. She doesn't take anything from anyone and has always followed through on her convictions and values. That's the case here. She's very unemotional about it and pragmatic. She feels wrong was done, and the court needs to hear that. Nothing's going to bring her off that path. That's how her character is."

Toto Wolff also briefly responded to Lewis Hamilton's comment on Red Bull: "And on the other side, it is the case and the fact that all year now we have been talking about cases [involving] non-transparency and various other factors that are just not great. This is what Lewis referred to. We should talk about the greatness of the sport and not the other stuff, but it needs to be pointed to."

According to the Austrian team boss, it is a good thing that an issue outside the sport is being sorted out. "Susie started that process many months ago. She's done it very diligently, as far as I'm concerned. She will go all the way. I think it matters for her most to find out what happened. For people to take accountability and responsibility and [to ensure] things that are not brushed under the carpet. I think we as a sport need to do that in all areas, whether it is Susie's case or some cases with the other teams. Overall, I think this sport has such a massive platform. We're doing so well. Maybe sometimes we need to take it out of the, let's say, jurisdictions of our sport into the real world and see what it does."

The Mercedes team boss does not expect this case to be a turning point in the sport. Only transparency in all investigations and cases can start to make a difference.