Toto Wolff has provided his view on the whether McLaren is using illegal methods to manage its tyre and brake temperatures.
Toto Wolff has said he has “no doubt” the McLaren is legal after a Miami Grand Prix weekend which saw the return of previously quashed Red Bull allegations.
Tempers started to flare at the Miami International Autodrome, with McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown effectively telling Christian Horner and his team to ‘put up or shut up’ over claims the Woking squad is using illegal tyre and brake cooling methods.
When those suggestions originally surfaced towards the end of last season, the FIA found no evidence of wrongdoing on McLaren’s part.
It emerged over the round in Florida that Red Bull has supposedly been carrying out its own investigation, using thermal imaging cameras to get a better understanding of the constructors’ champion’s brake and tyre temperatures.
Brown was also seen drinking from a bottle labelled “Tire Water” during practice in a thinly-veiled dig at Horner, who quipped back himself.
Wolff, however, can see nothing that indicates impropriety on McLaren’s part, underlying the “integrity” within the rival F1 team.
“I think that the team around Zak [Brown], Andrea [Stella], Rob Marshall… these are good people with integrity,” the Mercedes team principal told media including RacingNews365.
“If in the past, [we] often say: ‘Well, let’s look at whether there’s something borderline’, but I have no doubt that these guys [McLaren] stay within the rules.
“It’s just really good development [with] that car. They’ve understood how to manage the tyre much better than everybody else and, in my opinion, it’s totally legit.”
