JONATHAN McEVOY: Does Toto Wolff have his fingers in too many F1 pies? FIA probe into Mercedes boss linked to political meddling

Toto Wolff has been described by his detractors as akin to Icarus, the figure from Greek mythology with wings of wax that melted from his flying too close to the sun. Formula One insiders whom Mail Sport spoke to on Wednesday were split in their reactions as they absorbed the news that the Austrian and the other half of Formula One’s golden couple, his British wife Susie, were being investigated by the world governing body, the FIA, over a potential conflict of interests. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and his wife Susie are at the centre of an FIA investigation There are those who want to see Wolff plunge, as Icarus did, to the sea. One informed observer told Mail Sport that Wolff has been given until the early part of next year to show he can produce a car that will challenge Red Bull. The FIA probe is the latest embarrassment for Lewis Hamilton's constructors this season It is the bloodiest dispute the paddock has seen since the days of Bernie Ecclestone ) and Max Mosley All the while, he has acted with increasing ill-ease, screaming at Red Bull rival Christian Horner at a meeting last year in Canada and over-reacting to a reasonable question in Las Vegas last month, the showpiece race run by F1’s owners Liberty.