BREAKING:what Toto Wolff thinks of illegal McLaren…Read more
BREAKING:what Toto Wolff thinks of illegal McLaren…Read more
The McLaren Formula 1 team has been faultless in 2025, and it has plenty of rivals wondering if their advantage over the competition has been gained unfairly.
Red Bull Racing have petitioned the FIA to investigate the MCL39 for any potential breaches of conduct — but if you ask Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff, well… he doesn’t think those accusations are founded in reality.
Toto Wolff doesn’t believe McLaren cheating allegations
When McLaren became a force to be reckoned with at the front of the Formula 1 grid in 2024, the sudden turnaround of performance was shocking, and naturally resulted in a slew of accusations that the team found those gains illegally.
First came accusations that the team’s wings were too flexible; the FIA determined that McLaren’s wings were deforming an allowable amount but did choose to refine its regulations and measurement techniques for a much better read on the situation.
Most recently have come allegations from Red Bull Racing that McLaren are using water to cool their tyres.
According to Auto Motor und Sport, RBR had used thermal cameras to capture images of the tyre cooling ducts, only to find that the ducts were keeping the tyres impossibly cool.
The reasoning for that was said to be the team adding water to the tyres, though many pundits and engineers have noted that F1 teams go to great lengths to avoid getting any sort of moisture inside their tyres.
