News Details

Wolff slams Marko over tyre conspiracy

May 15 Toto Wolff has slammed Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko for alleging that Mercedes is receiving special treatment by F1 tyre supplier Pirelli. Already, Sebastian Vettel has suggested the new, thinner tyre tread supplied by Pirelli in Barcelona was a cause of Ferrari's sudden struggle. "You don't have to be a genius to understand that the tyres get harder when you scratch off 4 millimetres. That's how other teams got on better than we did," the German told Bild newspaper. Red Bull's Marko agrees: "The tyres were changed at the request of Mercedes. "When you're a team and a manufacturer at the same time, you can do that. "We produce energy drinks," he...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mercedes did not influence Pirelli thin tread decision...

Toto Wolff insists Mercedes never lobbied F1 tyre supplier Pirelli to...
5y ago from F1i.com

Rubbish claims, Pirelli thin tread decision not to...

Team boss, Toto Wolff claims that, Mercedes never pushed F1 tyre supplier...
5y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Wolff Satisfied after ‘a really special one-two...

Toto Wolff revelled in a great result for his Mercedes AMG Petronas...

Wolff: Complaints Pirelli tyre tweaks helped Mercedes...

Toto Wolff has dismissed suggestions Pirelli’s changes to its Formula 1...
5y ago from Crash.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Vinales: Aprilia COTA MotoGP win has ‘different...

Maverick Vinales believes that his maiden win with Aprilia in MotoGP at...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Ducati: Bastianini's COTA MotoGP podium an...

Ducati General Manager Gigi Dall’Igna labelled Enea Bastianini's podium...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Neuville and Evans tied to a tenth!

Thierry Neuville and Elfyn Evans fought a mighty duel across eight stages...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'He can be a disaster' - William Gallas slams Arsenal...

Former Arsenal captain William Gallas claims that William Saliba is...
58m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Liverpool 'join Manchester United, Arsenal in race for...

Liverpool reportedly join the race to sign 19-year-old Barcelona...
1h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.