Formula 1: Toto Wolff vehemently denies cheating allegations in F1

Toto Wolff, managing director of Mercedes, is rejecting accusations of cheating regarding the engine and fuel of his cars. In a press conference in Bahrain, he describes these allegations as "nonsense" and makes a joke about the Epstein affair. "Maybe they'll come up with something else tomorrow, I don't know," he says, provoking laughter from the journalists. Mercedes is suspected by its competitors of having exploited a loophole in the regulations concerning compression ratios. The Mercedes-AMG engine, which combines thermal and electric power at 50%, also powers McLaren, Alpine, and Williams. Furthermore, the fuel supplied by Petronas has not yet been approved ahead of the first Grand Prix of the season, scheduled for March 8 in Melbourne. Wolff, visibly annoyed, retorts, "Where's this coming from, but it's starting to spiral.