As the 2025 Formula 1 season draws to a close, there is plenty of drama coursing through the paddock. Max Verstappen’s late-season charge up the Drivers’ Championship standings, pulling the Red Bull driver within striking distance of Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris, and a potential fifth title, has dominated the sport in recent weeks.
Yet, as the grid looks ahead to this weekend’s Mexico City Grand Prix, there is drama of a different sport casting a shadow over the paddock.
The sport’s cost cap.
On Thursday, reports surfaced — first at Planet F1 and then at The Race — that Aston Martin had committed a “procedural” violation of the cost cap regulations. According
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