first test at Barcelona last week<\/a>, Wolff bullishly accused his rivals of having missed a trick. \u201cI just don\u2019t understand why some teams concentrate more on others and keep arguing a case that is very clear and transparent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\u201cCommunication with the FIA was very positive all along and it was not only on compression ratio but on other things, too. It is very clear what the regulations say, and very clear what the standard procedures are.<\/p>\n
Toto Wolff is bullish about the innovations his team have brought to the 2026 car. Photograph: Bradley Collyer\/PA<\/p>\n
\u201cJust get your shit together. They are doing secret meetings, and sending secret letters and trying to invent ways of testing that don\u2019t exist. Maybe you want to find excuses before you have started?\u201d<\/p>\n
The meeting between the manufacturers and the FIA did not resolve the issue and if Mercedes and Red Bull do enjoy an advantage they will take it into the new season.<\/p>\n
The Red Bull technical director, Ben Hodgkinson, has been similarly adamant that his team are within the rules and equally dismissive of their rivals, noting: \u201cAny engineer that doesn\u2019t understand about thermal expansion doesn\u2019t belong in this sport, doesn\u2019t deserve to be an engineer really.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wolff was just as unwavering in his stance and maintained that the FIA considered the engine adhered to the regulations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe power unit is legal,\u201d he said. \u201cThe power unit corresponds to how the regulations are written. That\u2019s how we see the world today, and that\u2019s what the FIA said. That\u2019s what the president of the FIA [Mohammed Ben Sulayem] said, and he knows a bit about that.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, when asked if he anticipated a protest in Melbourne after the race, he did not rule out action from rival teams. \u201cThe power unit corresponds to how the checks are being done. The power unit corresponds to how these things are measured in any other vehicle. Everything else I can\u2019t judge upon. Let\u2019s wait and see, but we feel robust.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toto Wolff has dismissed claims from rivals over the legality of his team\u2019s new engine, insisting it is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-271157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}