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Formula One's Mercedes team has called in police to investigate an 'anonymous' email sent to some F1 representatives. The email accuses Mercedes of 'deliberately sabotaging' outgoing driver Lewis Hamilton's car.

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It is to be noted that the email was sent to same representatives who had received leak about Red Bull boss Christian Horner's sexual misconduct. The email sender claims to be a former team member.

The contents of the email message also suggest that Mercedes have intentionally put Hamilton on harm's way at recent events. It is to be noted that Hamilton is all set to leave Mercedes in 2025 to join Ferrari.  

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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, however, has not reacted to the message kindly and asked for a full-fledged inquiry in the matter.

"It is not from a member of the team; when we are getting these kinds of emails, and we are getting tons of them, it is upsetting, particularly when someone is talking about death and all these things," Wolff said on Friday.

"On this particular one, I have instructed to go full force with police inquiring it, researching the IP address, researching the phone number, because online abuse in that way needs to stop. People can't hide behind their phones, or their computers, and abuse teams or drivers in a way like this," he added.

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Hamilton was also asked about the same at Thursday's Media Day to which he replied:  "We're all in the same boat, we're all working hard together and we all want to finish on a high. We owe that to our long-term relationship."

Hamilton, however, said that he had not yet seen the mail which was sent last week.

In the ongoing season, Mercedes is fourth on the constructor's championship with 124 points. As for Hamilton, he's eighth on driver's standings with 55 points.