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Mercedes boss Wolff accuses F1 rivals of being two-faced

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has criticised some of his rival F1 team bosses for being "up the arse" of Formula One when discussing its new commercial agreement in public, only to speak negatively about it in private.

Mercedes and F1 are at loggerheads over the terms of the new deal, known in F1 as the Concorde Agreement, which will bind competitors to the championship beyond 2020. F1 is refusing to budge on its existing deadline of August 12 for its 10 teams to sign.

Speaking ahead of Sunday's 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone, Wolff claimed Ferrari would retain a financial bonus under the terms of the new deal.