The penalty was imposed after Ferrari and Mercedes acknowledged the accuracy of FIA’s measurements.
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton was reported to stewards after his car failed a post-race check on the under-floor wooden planks at the US Grand Prix.
The governing FIA had reported both drivers to stewards after their cars failed post-race checks on the under-floor wooden planks at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas . Mercedes had stated that the high wear on the skid pads was probably due to the bumpy track and the race being run in a sprint format for the first time.“Set-up choices on a sprint weekend are always a challenge with just one hour of free practice, and even more so at a bumpy circuit like COTA and running a new package,” said Mercedes principal Toto Wolff.