All this was a bizarre and unexpected distraction from a weekend that has been dominated by another controversy - over whether Red Bull are one of two teams to breach last year's budget cap.
It is a widely held belief within the F1 paddock that Red Bull and Aston Martin are both likely not to be issued certificates of compliance when the FIA posts them officially on Wednesday.
Aston Martin say they are "in discussion with the FIA and awaiting certification".
Red Bull have reacted angrily to Mercedes and Ferrari discussing the issue publicly this weekend, after the allegations finally emerged in media reports after months of senior people in F1 being aware of them without it being publicly reported because of a lack of proof.
Ferrari have been careful not to name Red Bull at all in their comments. And while Wolff has mentioned his bitter rivals in his answers, he has not directly accused them of breaking the cap, even if that could be inferred from some of his answers.
The closest he came was in an interview with Sky television on Saturday.
In this, when asked about Red Bull team principal Christian Horner saying he was "not aware" of any breaches, Wolff said: "It's funny that Christian says that because it's weeks and months that they are being investigated, so maybe he doesn't speak to his CFO."
Wolff went on to talk about why the issue of the budget cap was so important, adding: "The crucial part is that if you've been over in 2021, then you've been over in 2022. That means you have an advantage into 2023.
"If it's true that they've homologated a lightweight chassis this year, they may use it next year. So it's a real cascade of events that can be influential on all of the three championships."
This interview from Wolff has infuriated Horner, and his displeasure was clear in a news conference on Saturday, in which he accused Mercedes and Ferrari of defamation and claimed they had spoken on the subject to distract attention from the fact that Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has a chance of clinching the championship in Sunday's race.
"We take umbrage, and extremely seriously, the remarks that have been made," Horner said, "because, you know, is it any coincidence that Max has his first shot at winning a world title and here we are talking nothing but cost caps rather than the phenomenal performance that he has had this year.
"And I think it's an underhand tactic that has been employed to detract from perhaps a lack of performance on track this year. And of course, when references are made to last year, this year, next year we're going to take that extremely seriously."
Asked later whether he was concerned about being sued, Wolff said: "It's noise. There is a process. On Wednesday there are going to be certificates of compliance issued or not and then if someone is not there is a process and governance in place, and for me it is 100% sure the FIA is gonna do the right thing. It's chatter until then.
"It is important the cost cap is complied with. It is a cornerstone of the new regulations and I very much hope all the teams have done that.
"We know exactly that we are spending $3.5m a year on parts we bring to the car and then you can say what difference it makes to spend another $500,000.
"We haven't produced lighter parts for the car to bring us down from a double digit overweight because we simply haven't got the money. So we need to do it for next year's car. We can't homologate a lightweight chassis and bring it because it is $2m we would be over the cap. So you can see every spend more has a performance advantage."
Red Bull have not introduced a lighter-weight chassis this weekend, as it has been speculated for some time they might, and Horner has told BBC Sport that Red Bull have introduced fewer development parts than Ferrari and Mercedes this season.
Red Bull continue to insist that they "stand absolutely 100% behind (our) submission (to the FIA), that we are below the cap".
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