La more sensational news of the race weekend in Barcelona was undoubtedly the second anonymous email of the season. In this case, the victim is the seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. The writing, sent to all the media to which the alleged messages regarding the Horner affair had been sent, spoke of sabotage against the British. In particular, we were talking about tampering with the vehicle, of the strategy and also mental violence.
Mercedes isn't in on it: police investigation requested
Such news is obviously very harmful for the brand Mercedes. Immediately, the team principal of the Brackley team Toto wolff he denied it veracity of the email. Furthermore, he immediately ruled out that it could have come from an employee: “I'm sure it's not from a member of the team. We receive thousands of emails like this, and every time it's shocking, especially when we talk about death or things of this kind".
To put an end to any type of question, Mercedes relied on Northamptonshire Police. As revealed again by Wolff, the IP address of the email was analyzed: "I have personally asked the police to take strong action on this matter. We are checking the IP address and also the various mobile phones. All this because it is not possible for there to be all this violence online. The abuse people do to teams and drivers from behind a screen is unacceptable".
Yesterday, the police district issued a statement stating that no criminal offense was found. “On 12 June Northamptonshire Police received a report – said a spokesperson at with the BBC - The request for investigations came from the Mercedes AMG F1 Team following an email spread within the company. However, after examining it, no trace of any criminal offense was found. Advice was then given to the team members in case the incident happened again".
Article by Francesco Orlando
