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Wolff slams ‘lies’, ‘hidden agendas’ for costing Ocon seat

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff has slammed rival teams for the “hidden agendas” and “lies” over the summer that left junior driver Esteban Ocon facing a year on the sidelines in 2019. Ocon was known to be on the verge of joining Renault for 2019 ahead of the summer break, only for the team to complete a shock swoop for Daniel Ricciardo to partner Nico Hulkenberg for next year. 5774263478001 CrashTV:  Ocon missed out on a seat at McLaren to Lando Norris, but was understood to have an offer on the table from the team prior to his decision to favour Renault. He is also set to be shuffled out of his current Force India seat by Lance Stroll for 2019 after his father, Lawrence...
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