Mercedes critics think I'm Satan – Wolff

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff rejects accusations of team of bias against George Russell, calling critics "brainless". Toto Wolff has been Mercedes' boss for more than 13 years Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says critics who accuse the team of bias against George Russell are "brainless". The British driver's championship hopes were all but extinguished by an engine failure while he was running third at the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia last Sunday. Russell enters this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix 86 points behind team-mate Kimi Antonelli, and will start from the back because of a grid penalty for using too many engine parts. Wolff described accusations of favouritism towards Antonelli as "completely nonsensical".

He added: "We've had it in the past with Lewis (Hamilton) fans. "I mean, literally, I don't know what's going on. Do they think I have a button that says, 'George engine failure now', or disadvantaging one driver against the other when we are fighting for a Constructors' Championship, when we have always had the mindset of providing everybody equal material? "But I guess this is maybe where social media goes today. People hide behind their screens and then they lash out. "There's a lot of polarisation going on, and sometimes I read what people write. I find it hilarious. These people really contribute to