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The Wolffs were the subject of an FIA investigation last December which sought to determine if the couple shared confidential information. It followed allegations of a conflict of interest published in BusinessF1 magazine. But FIA closed its investigation after just 48 hours, following near identical statements from the other nine teams denying they’d lodged the complaint required to commence it.
“She feels wrong was done and the court needs to hear that. Nothing’s going to bring her off that path.” Confirmation of the criminal complaint in the French court was revealed hours after the FIA’s Ethics Committee had cleared its president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, from “interference of any kind” at two F1 events last year. The ongoing controversy at series-leading Red Bull involving team principal Christian Horner is yet another off-track issue overshadowing the start of the F1 season.