Christian Horner leads denials as F1 teams claim they were not behind Toto Wolff complaints
Governing body 𒈔the FIA announced on Tuesday it was investigating allegations of a conflict of interest reportedly involving the Wolffs, who were named by Business F1.
The magazine claimed rival team bosses had raised concerns that the Mercedes team principal and the F1 Academ𓂃y managing director were sharing confidential information from their respective employers.
But Red Bull chief Horner has moved to firmly deny any involvement from hi꧙s team.
The following identical statement was then released by all the tꦜeams: "We can confirm that we have not made any complaint to the FIA regarding the allegation of🍌 information of a confidential nature being passed between an F1 Team Principal and a member of FOM staff. We are pleased and proud to support F1 Academy and its managing director through our commitment to sponsor an entrant in our livery from next season."
Previously Horner🧔 told Sky Sports News: “Look, we have a rivalry on track but we haven’t raised any official complaint either about Susie, or Toto, or Mercedes, to th🤪e FIA.
“In fact, Red Bull has been the team that has got most involved in F1 Academy since itᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs inception, to the point that between the two Red Bull teams we’ll be entering three cars.
“So we’ve been working closely with Susie, whose been doin💎g a great job with F1 Academy. So I think we, like others, were quite surpr🅺ised by the statement that came out last night.
“But ༒it certainly wasn’t instigated or requir🐠ed or set off by Red Bull.”
When pressed if anyone inside the Red Bull family, including sister team AlphaTauri, had expressed concerns, Horner insisted: “As I said, we’ve not raised any official complaint or made any request to th✅e FIA or to FOM.”
He added: “As ༒far as the other teams, I can’t talk on behalf of others.&nb✃sp;
“This is an FIA thing, the൲y’ve taken action but as I say, certainly nothing t💖o do with Red Bull.”
Mercedes ha🔥d already denied Toto Wolff's involvement in🔥 this saga, while Susie Wolff dismissed claims as "mysonigistic".
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