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Wolff wants to meet victims after controversy around new partnership

This week Mercedes announced a new partnership with Kingspan. This caused a stir on social media because of the fire that broke out at Grenfell Tower on June 14, 2017, in which dozens of people died. Kingspan was found to be responsible for the rapid spread of the fire. In a letter, team boss Toto Wolff defends the cooperation with the company, but he also apologizes to the victims following the letter they sent towards Wolff. "On behalf of our team, I would sincerely like to apologise to you for the additional hurt that this announcement has caused. It was never our intention to do so", the Mercedes team boss writes in the letter. Read more Di Resta: 'Mercedes and Red Bull must...
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