The Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday may have proved to be underwhelming for both championship aspirants Mercedes and Ferrari, but there was no shortage of drama off the track.

With twists and turns happening after the conclusion of each race weekend in the leaderboard, the race at Monte Carlo proved to be yet another brilliant outing for Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, registering his second win of the season.

But the issue that grabbed the limelight ahead of the race revolved around FIA citing Mercedes personnel responsible for the investigation on the Ferrari engine.

The governing body stated that they were entirely satisfied with the Scuderia car and that all regulations were met by the team after investigating their ERS unit.

It was revealed that the concern was raised by reigning constructors’ champions Mercedes and the fact the FIA reportedly named two key members of the Silver Arrows involved has made team principal Toto Wolff very uneasy about the whole situation.

FIA technical delegate Charlie Whiting was quoted saying: “The enquiry came from a Ferrari engine man now at Mercedes.”

The Daily Mail later reported that Whiting named the 'Ferrari engine man' as Lorenzo Sassi, and the matter was brought to their attention by Mercedes' technical director James Allison prior to the fourth race in Baku.

The public disclosure is what has angered Wolff.

Speaking on the issue, the Austrian boss said: “One of my roles is to protect my people and if certain individuals are named in the wrong context, then that is disturbing," per Sky Sports.

“Teams question the FIA every single day. I think it's not important to put it out that this person has questioned a legality topic.

“If you say a certain team has done that, then it is perfectly fine, that is modus operandi. Picking out individuals isn't the right thing.”

The 46-year-old is of the opinion that after the statement from FIA the matter should be a closed chapter and believes despite raising concerns about their rivals, their relationship would not have any adverse effects.

“No judgement has been made on anything, no protest has been lodged, it's just a press statement,” added Wolff.

“We trust them. If they have looked at things, then it's fine.”