Wolff will go ‘all the way’ in legal battle with FIA

Toto Wolff has warned FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem that his wife, Susie, will go “all the way” in her criminal case against him, adding that she “doesn’t take anything from anyone”.

Susie Wolff, the former Formula One test driver who now runs the all-female F1 Academy series, revealed on Wednesday that she had filed a criminal complaint in the French courts against Ben Sulayem, the head of motorsport’s world governing body.

It relates to the FIA’s short-lived investigation last December into the alleged passing of confidential information to Toto, the Mercedes team principal. In a statement on social media, Susie said she was

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determined to get to the bottom of why and how the probe came about, noting that three months on, there had still been no “transparency or accountability”.

Toto Wolff said his wife was a formidable adversary. “Susie is a strong woman and she doesn’t take anything from anyone, and has always followed through on her convictions and values, and that is the case here,” he told Sky Sports F1 at the Australian Grand Prix.

“She is very unemotional about it and pragmatic and she feels wrong was done and the court needs to hear that and nothing is going to bring her off that path.”

Wolff concluded of his wife’s criminal action: “Susie started that process many months ago. And she will go all the way.”