“We Got a 25k Fine… a 50k Fine…”: Savage Lewis Hamilton Pulls Out the Receipts Against the FIA Amid Pending Red Bull Cost Cap Penalty

Mercedes F1 star Lewis Hamilton has recently opened up on the budget cap breach by Red Bull Racing. The British international driver not only pointed out how he has suffered due to the FIA penalties but also put faith in the governing body’s justice system.

In a recent interview with Sky Sports, Hamilton conveyed, “We got a 25k fine for me having this nose ring in and a 50k fine for having that wing and put to dead last in the race, so I’m hopeful, I truly believe that I have to have a belief in the FIA and the people that are leading this team, that they’re going to make the right decisions.”

The seven-time world champion further shared in the interview ahead of Saturday’s qualification of the United States Grand Prix, “What those are, everyone has an opinion on what should or should not happen, but I’m not giving it energy, I’m trying to win a race right now.”

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Red Bull Racing were alleged by the FIA of breaching the 2021 cost cap. However, the Milton-Keynes-based team has stated that they are shocked and surprised by the findings. FIA are yet to announce the penalty for the breach.

While Max Verstappen easily won his second title, there’s something else that isn’t going right for Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton losing out to Max Verstappen in the very last lap of the very last race last year was a painful sight to watch for all Hamilton fans. How did Hamilton feel? Well, only he knows. Despite coming over the drastic loss from last year, the Briton is on the verge of another unusual achievement.

For the first time since the 2016 F1 season, the Mercedes ace has been the second-best to his teammate most of the year so far. Hamilton, who joined the team in 2013, is in such a situation for the second time in all seasons he is at the Brackley-based team.

George Russell, who replaced Alfa Romeo-bound Valtteri Bottas earlier this year, has got the better of his veteran teammate at Mercedes so far. Only Nico Rosberg could do it in 2016 when he won that year’s driver’s championship.

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Russell, who is in P4 with 207 points after 18 rounds, leads Hamilton by 27 points. The 37-year-old driver is in P6 with 180 points. With four races to go, it’ll be interesting to see if Hamilton can manage to pull up his socks and overtake his teammate George Russell.