Add fuel to the fire: Hamilton digs into sore points of accusation against Red Bull

of FIA After it emerged that Red Bull and, to a lesser extent, Aston may have violated their budget caps for the 2021 season, Martin again delayed the release of the spending cap report on October 10. toto wolfboss mercedeswas already furious about this possibility a week ago Singapore, if the information is true, the final race of the 2021 title will improve the car for spending more than allowed, in addition to pointing out that this money would have served him better. and create the winning car they have in this 2022. 1 week later Japanese F1 GP Lewis Hamilton, dethroned driver Verstappen last year’s last race abu dhabi.

In this sense, Hamilton called on the FIA ​​to act forcefully if the information was true, even though he said he wasn’t sure if Red Bull was over the budget cap. Referring to the fact that Mercedes unveiled its latest improvement package at Silverstone 2021, the British said with irony that Red Bull would continue to evolve the car “four times” from that moment onwards for the rest of the year. look at that

“I remember last year at Silverstone there was the last update. Luckily she was great and we were able to wrestle with her. But then every weekend or every other week she saw improvements come to Red Bull. I think they’ve done at least 4 more updates since then. “voiced the British pilot in a statement to ‘Sky’.

“Had we spent another $300,000 ($) on new floors and improved wings, the result of the championship would have been different.Naturally, because I was in a better position to compete in the next race. So I hope it’s not for the sake of the sport.”The seven-time world champion argued that the end result of the championship might have been different if Mercedes had gone over the budget and further improved his car.

“I remember last year as a driver I was always looking for updates. I remember getting the latest update at Silverstone. It will cost more to build.”

“Then I remember they needed more updates, but then I saw their[Red Bull]truck and the updates kept coming to the other cars. I thought, ‘If we keep delivering, it’s going to be hard to beat them in the championship,'” he added.

“I appreciate that our team is very strict (observing the rules). They did a great job. We have to take it seriously,” he added.

Hamilton trusts FIA’s exemplary decision

Hamilton was therefore confident that the FIA ​​would make the right decision. “I think Mohammed[FIA president Ben Sulayem]and the FIA ​​will do the right thing with what they’ve discovered. That’s what we have to believe.”

“It’s important to all of us, everyone working, the thousands of people working.transparency and accountability across the organization is something we must always adhere toI need it for the integrity of the sport. ”

“In the last few years in the sport we have seen times when things were on the back burner.It is the new way of working for Mohammed and I don’t think it is the new way.I think integrity is very important to him. Just like F1 today, it has a new manager. So I think we have good people. I hope that proper governance takes place. “he pointed out, subtly putting pressure on any decision the FIA ​​would make regarding Red Bull, referring to the FIA ​​delaying the announcement of each team’s costs.

“I don’t know enough about it. There’s a lot of conversation going on in the background, but no one really knows. There are different numbers and different things being discussed. I thought it was going to come out, so I’d like to think that the delay in the results is because they’re taking it very seriously.”

We’ll have to see what the October 10 report shows. One of the most relevant questions is to see how far Red Bull may have exceeded the cost limit. If it exceeds that by less than 5%, the regulations indicate it’s a minor violation and Red Bull could face a simple financial fine. Above 5%, the sanctions could be more or less severe, so it’s not clear at all, and the removal of the points for the year in which the violation occurred is also being considered.

However, 5% of 140 million is about 7 million. Mercedes and Ferrari assured in Singapore that his 5 million additions could improve their cars by up to half a second, so they don’t think a shortfall of less than 5% should be considered trivial.