Mercedes F1 Boss Wolff Says No to Le Mans Until It's ‘Pure Racing'
One controversial set of regulations at the 24 Hours of Le Mans is keeping Mercedes from joining the likes of BMW, Cadillac, Ferrari, Aston Martin and Porsche in fielding its own team in the prestigious endurance race, says Toto Wolff, team principal and chief executive officer of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One team.
' Ola Källenius and I, we are racing people, and we don't like BOPs,' Wolff said on Bloomberg's Hot Pursuit! podcast, referring to what are known as 'balance of performance' requirements that can force teams to adjust various technical aspects of a car, especially its weight and power, depending on how well it's competing. He says he and Källenius, the CEO of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, believe BOPs unduly influence the outcome of the race.
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