Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, is to launch an investigation into a potential conflict of interest, believed to be centred on the Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, and his wife, Susie. She is the managing director of the F1 Academy – the all-female series run by F1’s owners, Formula One Management (FOM). The allegations have been denied by Mercedes and F1.
Neither party has been named by the FIA but it is understood they are the subject of the investigation after as yet unsubstantiated reports that Wolff had made a remark in a team principals meeting that suggested he had knowledge that could only have been sourced from FOM.
