Toto defends Susie’s FIA legal action
Toto Wolff said his wife Susie is ready to take the FIA “all the way” after she filed a criminal complaint against Formula One’s governing body.
Susie, 41, announced ahead of tomorrow’s Australian Grand Prix that she has started legal proceedings in France following the FIA’S controversial conflict of interest inquiry into her and husband Toto in December.
The probe into the Wolffs arose after a report in Business F1 magazine claimed the grid’s other team principals were concerned Susie’s husband Toto was benefiting from information shared by his wife, who runs the all-female F1 Academy series.
But two days after the FIA announced its compliance department was “looking into” the allegations, the federation dropped its inquiry.
“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,” said
Wolff, the Mercedes team principal.
“She is very unemotional about it, and pragmatic, and she feels wrong was done and the court needs to hear that. Nothing is going to bring her off that path, that is how her character is.
“Susie started that process many months ago and done it very diligently, as far as I am concerned, and she will go all the way.
“It matters for her most to find out what happened and people take accountability and responsibility and things are not brushed under the carpet - and we, as a sport, need to do that in all areas whether that is Susie’s case or some cases with the other teams.”
Susie’s legal action follows separate controversies surrounding Red Bull team principal Christian Horner and FIA president Mohammed ben Sulayem.
Toto Wolff, 52, continued: “We should talk about the greatest of the sport, and not the other stuff but it needs to be pointed to.”