<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>梅賽德斯 F1 車隊老闆託託·沃爾夫批評了競爭對手車隊在賽季開始前尋求關於新發動機合法性的藉口。他敦促他們關注性能，而不是秘密會議和異議。沃爾夫強調梅賽德斯的動力單元是合法的，並符合國際汽聯的規定，駁斥了關於漏洞的説法。隨着車隊為 2026 賽季的新發動機法規做準備，爭議不斷升級，季前測試定於下個月在巴林進行，首場比賽將在 3 月 8 日在墨爾本舉行</p>

梅賽德斯 F1 車隊老闆託託·沃爾夫對競爭對手錶示：‘趕緊把你們的事情搞定’