No offences over Hamilton 'sabotage' email - police

Police person advised nan Mercedes Formula 1 squad that nary criminal offences were committed by nan sender of an email that claimed Lewis Hamilton's car had been "sabotaged".

Mercedes squad main Toto Wolff referred nan anonymous email to nan constabulary aft it was sent to him, a bid of elder figures successful F1 and members of nan media.

A spokesperson for Northamptonshire constabulary said: "Northamptonshire Police received a study connected 12 June regarding an email that had been circulated wrong nan Mercedes AMG F1 Team.

"No criminal offences were recovered to person been committed. However, proposal was fixed regarding immoderate further emails nan squad whitethorn receive."

The missive claimed Hamilton's car was being compromised by nan squad pursuing his determination to move to Ferrari from 2025.

Wolff rejected nan claims successful nan missive arsenic "mad" and said he and Hamilton were wished to extremity their narration connected a precocious pursuing his determination to thrust for Ferrari from 2025.

Wolff said he does not judge nan missive was sent by a Mercedes worker but that nan squad had been incapable to root its origin.

At past weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, Ferrari squad main Frederic Vasseur said nan claims successful nan missive were "completely irrational".

Vasseur, a adjacent friend of Wolff, said: "I'm putting my narration pinch Toto aside. How you could ideate that a institution pinch 1,500 group moving nighttime and day, pushing for illustration hellhole to bring upgrades, we could termination 1 of our cars aliases harm 1 of our cars?

"Nobody successful nan paddock could do thing for illustration this. We are fighting for nan championship.

"Each play we are trying to people 1 constituent much than nan different one. How you could ideate that we opportunity 'OK, that Lewis, we don't want to people points immoderate much pinch him'?"