21/04/2016
NEWS STORY
Whilst the Chinese Grand Prix might have taken out minds off the politics that normally dominate the sport, it comes as no surprise that days later the usual squabbles based on self-interest are beginning to emerge.
Earlier this week, based on the Shanghai evidence, Toto Wolff called on the sport to hold off on plans to introduce a raft of new rules for 2017, claiming that it would to be wrong to change a formula that is currently working. Then again, with his team dominating one might have expected such a reaction even though he has denied this.
Now, Red Bull's very own Lord High Executioner, Helmut Marko has hit out at his countryman, accusing him of being paranoid.
"Except for Toto and the teams that must follow him due to their engine contracts, everyone is for a change," he told Motorsport Magazin. "Even Sergio Marchionne agrees.
"Only Herr Wolff has this paranoid fear that Mercedes will lose its superiority if you change even the smallest thing on the engine or chassis," he continued. "He is doing everything he can to prevent any change."
Of course, this comes from the team that has been insisting on rule changes following its fruitless task of finding an engine supplier that would allow it to continue its own dominance... Mercedes having been its engine of choice.