Spotlight wrongly falls on McLaren & Mercedes for cost cap irregularities

[John S]

Seems I jumped the gun with old speculation on this one. 

I've disabled this link www.grandprix.com/news/mercedes-and-mclaren-under-budget-cap-investigation

FIA has now stated that there are no other problems save for Aston paperwork muddle when they submitted unsigned documents.

https://www.pitpass.com/81449/FIA-completes-review-of-2024-cost-cap#google_vignette

[Jericoke]

Colour me shocked that the FIA might mess something up.

I'm sure that there are many fantastic people who do good, diligent work at the FIA, but it's fundamentally a political organization, and a few bad/inadequate actors can really cause confusion or problems. Especially when dealing with motor racing teams who have "it's not cheating unless you get caught" baked into their culture.