Toto Wolff

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has responded forcefully to rumors circulating on social media accusing the team of favoring driver Antonelli over George Russell in the fight for the Formula 1 world championship. Wolff called these theories "complete nonsense" and harshly criticized those who promote them, going so far as to call the authors of such claims "idiots." "They think I have a button that says 'George, immediate engine failure?' or that I put one driver at a disadvantage compared to the other, while we're fighting for the constructors' championship. We've always had the…