McLaren's Zak Brown doesn't get his way: FIA satisfied with Red Bull

Why the FIA are satisfied with Red Bull

"We didn't have clear indications that anyone was doing such a thing," he reiterated the FIA's earlier words to Sky Sports. "We said that from this race onwards there must be no possibility to do such a thing." Meanwhile, the FIA has seen Red Bull's mechanism, and the governing body is convinced that the F1 team is playing by the rules.

"If a team has a design that allows quick changes in [ride] height, it has to be sealed so they should not be able to access it in the parc fermé. I think all teams have complied with that and, as far as we are concerned, it is reasonably under control," Tombazis explained.

FIA won't investigate Red Bull

McLaren CEO Zak Brown said on Friday he was not convinced by Red Bull's explanation and demanded clarification from the FIA. The 52-year-old American believes there should be an investigation into whether Max Verstappen's team had previously failed to take advantage of the solution. However, that investigation is not going to happen, Tombazis confirmed.

"We are talking about a couple of millimetres. We are talking about very, very small numbers. I don't think it's something we can go and check," he explains. The FIA chief adds that there are also no indications that Red Bull has used the device in the past. "As I said, we don't have any indication or proof that anything untoward has happened before."

McLaren currently sits 41 points ahead of Red Bull in the Constructors Standings, whilst Verstappen has a 52-point lead over Lando Norris in the driver's standings. 

This article has been written in collaboration with Ben Stevens. 

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