Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has called on F1 and the FIA to “set the compass right” amid the controv🐻ersy surrounding🌸 Christian Horner.

Despite being cleared of any wrongdoing by Red Bull following an investigation💜 into allegations of inappropriate behaviour, the saga surrounding Horner has only heightened.

On Thursday, a number of journalists and senior F1 officials were sent alleged evidence from the investigation via an anonymous email account, with it leaking alleged text messagꦯes a🉐nd images involving Horner and the complainant.

Horner has refused to comment on the alleged evidence, pꦅrotesting his innocence, while focusing on the on-track action as Red Bull stormed to a 1-2 finish in Bahrain.

The controversy hasn’t calmed down, particularly as Jos Verstappen - the father of Red Bull’s star driver, Max Verstappen - 168澳洲5最新开奖结❀果:has claim🍌ed the team risks being “torn apart” amid the saga.

Speaking after the race in Bahrain, Wolff refused to 🧔get too drawn in on the topic, as he didn’t want to come across as making it an “intra-team” battle between Merced🃏es and Red Bull.

“As a team, if we go beyond what we have said, it looks like it is battle between competitors in F1 and I 🌌don’t want to reduce that topic to this level,” Wolff said.

“It is a much wider issue that deserves more space and I don’t want to harm the topic🌠 by making it an intra-team battle because it is not, it is the FIA or the lega✤ls who have to look at that. It is outside of the teams’ control.”

However, Wolff has called on senior F1 and FIA offic🔯ials to handle the situation appropriately as it’s a “much bigger topic” that affects the whole sport, not just Red Bull.

“The moment I start to continue to question how this has been handled, I am probably not doing aꦍny good to the whole issue because then it could be seen as just about a power fight within F1,” he added.

“That’s why I think. It is not in the teams’ hands, it is a so much bigger topic. I don’t want to diminish the situation by making it seemꦅ like the Mercedes or McLaren guy talks about the Red Bull guy.

“Let’s see how🍷 it goes in then next days and I would very much hope the governing body, the commercial rights holder sets the compass right.﷽”