Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has revealed that the police are involved in investigating the source of an anonymous email accusing the team of trying to deliberately sabotage Lewis Hamilton’s car.

An anonymous email, sent to the same list of F1 and media representatives who were forwarded alleged WhatsApp messages involving Christian Horner earlier this year, said Mercedes was playing a dangerous game.

The message claimed to be from a team member and accused Mercedes and especially Wolff of “systematic sabotaging” of Hamilton’s car, strategy and mental health.

It went on to claim that there were “underhand” actions taking place and feared that the squad was on a “dangerous path” that could “ultimately be life-threatening to Lewis.”

It is also understood that follow-up WhatsApp messages were sent from a mobile phone to selected individuals.

Mercedes has dismissed any suggestion that the email has any element of the truth and are clear that the communications have not come from an employee.

Speaking at the Spanish Grand Prix, a clearly agitated Wolff said that the police had been called in as he vowed to find the perpetrator.

“It’s not from a member of the team,” said Wolff. “When we are getting these kinds of emails, and we’re getting tons of them, it is upsetting, particularly when there is somebody talking about death and all these things.

"On this particular one, I have instructed to go on full force. We have the police inquiring [about] it. We’re researching the IP address. We are researching the phone. All of that because online abuse in that way needs to stop. People can’t hide behind their phones or their computers and abuse teams or drivers in a way like this.”

Wolff said it was inconceivable that Mercedes would deliberately derail its efforts in the constructors’ championship by holding back one of its drivers on purpose.

“I don’t know what some of the conspiracy theorists and lunatics think out there,” he added.

“Lewis has been part of the team for 12 years. We have a friendship. We trust each other. We want to end this on a high. We want to celebrate the relationship.

“If you don’t believe all of that, then you can believe that we want to win the constructors’ world championship. And part of the constructors’ world championship is making both cars win. So, to all of these mad people out there, take a shrink.”

Wolff went on to explain that he found it especially frustrating that people were hiding behind anonymous identities to criticise rather than being open about it.

“There will always be people that have the laptop on their chest in their bedroom and just typing away,” he said.

“If people feel like they want to abuse and hit out and hide behind a made-up Instagram account, or anything else that, for me is… come up, say who you are, and we’ll take the criticism and discuss. But don’t hide.”

He added: “If emails are being sent or telephone numbers are being used for these messages, then for me the joking stops, and we will pursue it, whether that is successful or not. But there are limits to certain things.”

Yeah apparently Matthias Lillja was appointed Vice CEO only this year. There is a possibility that he is currently looking at projects others approved and taking the necessary steps.

Or he is used as a scapegoat.

Paradox Deputy CEO Mattias Lilja is announcing this just like he was the one to announce the changes to Cities Skylines 2 development.

Apparently he was made Deputy CEO only this year, but has been with Paradox for years. I really wonder: does he get picked to announce these things because no one else wants to take responsibility? Or is he the one stepping in where the rest of the management have let things run out of control?

Come on, this list of reasons was written by an LLM

It may be a medical issue. Maybe you are histamine intolerant, or allergic/intolerant to some other ingredient of the stuff you’re drinking?

The plot sees Pitt, who is 60 years old in real life, star as a former driver making a Formula One comeback alongside Damson Idris, who plays his rookie team mate, at APX.

Other cast members include Academy Award winner Javier Bardem and best supporting actress nominee Kerry Condon.

Lol wtf is this plot? Sure, let Jean Alesi or David Coulthard have a try at a F1 comeback!

Inofficial word from Merc has been so far that they dont want Kimi at Williams. They want him to finish F2 this year and in their own car next year.

It’s Williams who want Kimi themselves.

Sure. Like @The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world or @fossilesque@mander.xyz or @Blaze@reddthat.com or @otter@lemmy.ca or @brucethemoose@lemmy.world … and there definitely are more people that I see regularly and simply cant think of their names right now

I’m pretty sure that they usually have slogans, which are more or less mottos of what issues they want to focus on.

But I could be wrong.

Oof

I saw some posts a few weeks ago predicting this and I thought they were too pessimistic

Gut hams gspielt

Mich reissts immer bei so Sachen wie dem Griezmann seinem Köpfler in die Metallbande, solche Verletzungssports sind echt nicht das meine tbh

Yeah but you’d think it would have happened a few times before WW2, when the motorsports scene was quite different

Yeah, that red circle around Utøya is really sad 😞

I’ve seen that, and always wonder whether that doesn’t damage the card

Kids. They don’t need most cards and the few ones they need, they can easily have on their phone in their Apple/Google Wallets.

When they get older they will realize at some point thar they will need cards that arenot available digitally

I mean, that was a different studio and media company… easily possibly that Warner had a homophobic manager up in the food chain while Fox did not

Actually I wasn’t, thanks for the eye opening relevation!

You are aware that some people are not born blind, but rather lose eyesight later in life?

Regarding your doubts: this casting call has been posted on the official account of Jenny Jue. She would be risking her career if she was putting out casting calls without being authorized to do so.

It has been posted on the official account of Jenny Jue. She would be risking her career if she was putting out casting calls without being authorized to do so.