The FIA confirmed that Red Bull had an overspend of just 1.6 per cent, and fell below the five per cent threshold for a minor transgression. In theory next season Wolff could intentionally overspend by 4.9 per cent and potentially only receive a financial penalty. As Hamilton fans will be disappointed he was not awarded an eighth world championship, the Brit admitted that he would get no joy from retrospectively winning the title.
“No, because the damage is done,” Hamilton told Motorsport.com when asked if he would get any satisfaction from being awarded the 2021 penalty following Red Bull’s breach.
“I have my feeling within of what we did as a team, how we achieved it and what we really truly achieved, and I can keep that to myself within me. We gave it our all and we did it the right way, and I am proud of that.”
