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Toto Wolff says his wife Susie filed a “criminal complaint” against the FIA because “it matters for her most to find out what happened” and “for people to take accountability and responsibility”.
Yesterday, Susie Wolff announced she has filed a “criminal complaint” against the FIA relating to their short-lived investigation into her and her husband Toto Wolff’s alleged conflict of interest.
Ahead of the Australian Grand Prix, Toto was asked to give his comments on the situation.
“First of all, Susie is a strong woman,” the Austrian said.
“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 commented on Lewis Hamilton‘s plea for Formula 1 and the FIA to increase transparency.
“And on the other side, it is the [Christian Horner inappropriate behaviour accusations] case and the fact that all year now we have been talking about cases [of] non-transparency and various other factors that are just not great.
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“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.”
Toto added he hopes that Susie’s legal case can bring about positive change in F1 and the FIA.
“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,” Wolff concluded.
