Is McLaren cheating? Wolff: 'It'd be nice not to get 35 seconds over a race'
08:15, 06 May
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Lately there's been alleged suppositions from one team that McLaren's cooling results are not achievable only by way of airflow. Mercedes boss, Toto Wolff, has weighed in on the subject of the papaya team's superiority cooling-wise.
Red Bull's and McLaren's behind the scenes battle over cooling results
McLaren CEO Zak Brown was seen carrying a water bottle around on Friday morning in Miami with a sticker that read "tyre water." A clear humorous response to the supposed investigation carried out by Red Bull using thermal cameras that allegedly found that McLaren's cooling effectivity could not be achieved with the airflow alone, suggesting foul play.
After Brown challenged 'one team' to file a formal protest with the FIA, Red Bull team principal reminded his American counterpart that such practices were "part and parcel of Formula One."
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McLaren leadership, 'good people with integrity'
Mercedes CEO, Wolff, has now joined the debate: "I think the team around Zak (Brown McLaren CEO, ed.), Andrea (Stella, McLaren team boss, ed.), Rob Marshall, these are good people with integrity."
"We've in the past often said, well, let's look at whether there is something in the borderline [of the regulations], but I have no doubt that these guys stay within the rules."
"It's just really good development at heart, they have understood how to manage the tyre much better than everybody else and in my opinion it's totally legit."
Red Bull has 'the wrong attitude' says Wolff
"Also, from a team management point of view, we should never, when somebody is doing a better job than you, we should not look at that and say they are cheating, because that's not the right attitude anyway."
"So we just need to become better and eventually not get 30 or 35 seconds over 55 times."
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