<div id="readability-page-1">  <p><time datetime="2026-02-02T13:59:43+00:00">    Monday 02 February 2026 1:59 pm  </time></p>             <figure>    <div>       </div> <img width="742" height="495" src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.cityam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2247860489-e1770040635195.jpg/query-dz03NDI?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://www.cityam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2247860489-e1770040635195.jpg/query-dz03NDI"/>  <figcaption>LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 21: Toto Wolff, Executive Director of Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team looks on during final practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on November 21, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)</figcaption> </figure> <p>Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff has accused rival teams of looking for excuses before the season has even begun amid murmurings about the legality of their new engine.</p><p>Ferrari, Honda and Audi are said to have raised objections about the power unit, which is set to be used not only by Mercedes but also McLaren, Alpine and Williams. Red Bull’s first in-house engine is also in the spotlight, according to reports.</p><p>“Just get your s*** together,” Wolff said. “Doing secret meetings and sending secret letters and trying to invent ways of testing that don’t exist… I can say, from us here, that we are trying to minimise distractions.</p><p>“But maybe we are all different? And maybe you want to find excuses before you have started? Everybody needs to do things to the best of their ability, but that is not how we do things, especially when we have been told it is fine and legal.”</p><p>The row comes after teams tested their 2026 cars – the first following major changes to Formula 1 engine regulations – in Barcelona last week. </p><h2 id="h-mercedes-engine-green-lit-by-fia-says-wolff">Mercedes engine green lit by FIA, says Wolff</h2><p>At the centre of it are questions about whether Mercedes have used a loophole in the new rules to increase the compression ratio and gain a vital boost.</p><p>But Wolff said: “The power unit is legal and corresponds to how the regulations are written, and corresponds to the checks, and how they are measured. That is what [governing body] the FIA has said, and what the president of the FIA [Mohammed Ben Sulayem] has said.</p><p>“I just don’t understand why some teams concentrate more on others and keep arguing a case that is very clear and transparent.</p><p>“Communication with the FIA was very positive all along and it was not only on compression ratio but on other things, too. And it is very clear what the regulations say, and very clear what the standard procedures are.”</p><p>F1 teams are set to step up their pre-season testing in Bahrain next month ahead of the first race of the season, in Melbourne on 8 March.</p> </div>

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<p>梅赛德斯 F1 车队老板托托·沃尔夫批评了竞争对手车队在赛季开始前寻求关于新发动机合法性的借口。他敦促他们关注性能，而不是秘密会议和异议。沃尔夫强调梅赛德斯的动力单元是合法的，并符合国际汽联的规定，驳斥了关于漏洞的说法。随着车队为 2026 赛季的新发动机法规做准备，争议不断升级，季前测试定于下个月在巴林进行，首场比赛将在 3 月 8 日在墨尔本举行</p>

梅赛德斯 F1 车队老板托托·沃尔夫对竞争对手表示：‘赶紧把你们的事情搞定’