Hamilton moved into the lead of the Monza race when team-mate Nico Rosberg locked up at the first chicane and took to the escape road.

This led to suggestions in the paddock that Mercedes orchestrated the move as an additional sanction for Rosberg, who had been penalised by the outfit for clashing with Hamilton at the previous Belgian Grand Prix.

But Wolff quickly denied such a theory when speaking to media after the race, explaining: "Only a paranoid mind could come up with this."

The Austrian added: "If it had been our idea, then it would have been bloody well done! There was lots of pressure on Nico because Lewis was so quick yesterday and you could see that today as well."

Rosberg was also keen to bury the talk, stating that there is no way he could be asked give up a victory.

"What would be the reason for me to do something like that deliberately? There is no possible reason," he said.

"If you're ordered to do it then you do it, but there is no reason why the team would ask me to change position."