FIA drops investigation into conduct of Toto and Susie Wolff after finding no conflict of interest possible
3 years ago by BlackEco to c/formula1
Once every team denied involvement I was fairly certain nothing would come out of it. The FIA embarrassed themselves yet again
The FIA embarrassed themselves yet again
And if they didn't look into the allegations, they'd be called a Mercedes/Wolff lapdog. I don't see any problems with looking into allegations. That's their job.
The original FIA statement didn't even name any names. It were the Wolffs who issued statements along the lines of "We are being investigated and how dare they!"
What's with condemning any form of investigation in recent years seemingly everywhere? Seems like everyone must make up their mind after an allegation instantly and everyone saying "Hold up, let's look into this" is immediately victim of a shitstorm.
I wonder if there will be any consequences for letting this happen in the first place.
Absolute shitshow.
I've heard of some opinions saying that all this fuss is to try to set the teams against each other, and after such cheap accusations (while not actually accusing) and this quick withdrawal from the FIA I'm inclined to believe that.
In these situations, where an investigation is already announced, it should always be continued. If there is nothing, it would be in the report.
But it is stopped, so there must have been some truth in the allegations. Probably a minor issue. Maybe FIA wants to protect Susie, Toto and a few others.
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So, a whole big nothing sandwich in the end. Really strange situation. All teams denying any involvement, meanwhile El Salman under fire. What a shit show.
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