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Toto Wolff says Mercedes will offer those who question the legality their car “a rear wing to put it at home in the library or cut it up into a thousand pieces”.
After Lewis Hamilton’s spectacular performance at the Brazilian Grand Prix, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner immediately questioned the legality of Mercedes’ car, but said his team is not planning a protest “at this race”.
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff was asked to give his comments on Horner’s statements.
“I don’t care,” the Austrian told Sky Sports F1.
“It’s part of the game that you look at other parts of other teams and challenge them. You need to be sceptical and maybe an inch paranoid and that’s ok for us.
“The car is fully legal and we are happy to drive it everywhere. You can say then was it fully legal after the qualifying. We think it was, but it failed this one test because the flap was broken.
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“We are having a much less draggy car, the engine is fresh, which makes a big difference. The concept is focused on straight-line speed as it has been in the past.
“People are free to challenge that and protest, which may happen. We will even offer them a rear wing to put it at home in the library or cut it up into a thousand pieces.”
However, Wolff said he will not get dragged down into a war of words with Red Bull.
“Whoever wins at the end will be the right winner and we will always respect that as long as it is the same rules and framework for everybody,” concluded Mercedes’ team boss.
