Aston Martin Escape Penalties From FIA; Only Found Guilty Of ‘Paperwork Issue, Not Overspending’

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Aston Martin has escaped a penalty after the FIA confirmed that the team committed only a “very minor” procedural breach of Formula One’s 2024 cost cap regulations.

The FIA’s delayed financial report had fuelled rumours of a major breach, but the governing body ended speculation on Tuesday, clarifying that Aston Martin’s mistake was purely administrative.

The team reportedly failed to submit a signed version of its audited financial statements by the March deadline, a formality missed due to what the FIA called “unpredictable circumstances outside the team’s control.”

Crucially, Aston Martin did not exceed the cost cap.

The FIA said the Silverstone-based outfit acted “cooperatively and in good faith” throughout the process and had already resolved the matter under an Accepted Breach Agreement (ABA).

“The CCA confirms that although AMR has been found to be in Procedural Breach, it has not exceeded the Cost Cap level, and that the Procedural Breach was of a very minor nature, originated by unpredictable circumstances outside the control of the F1 Team,” the FIA wrote in an official statement.

“AMR and FIA have entered an ABA on 29 September 2025 to resolve the matter.”

“The Cost Cap Administration confirm that there is no accusation or evidence that AMR has sought or obtained any undue advantage as a result of the breach,” they added.

The ruling brings relief to Aston Martin after weeks of paddock whispers and online speculation.

It also marks a clean sweep for F1’s financial governance in 2024, with all nine other teams and five engine manufacturers confirmed as fully compliant.

The FIA’s cost cap system, introduced in 2021 to level the playing field, has faced scrutiny after previous high-profile breaches.

Speculation about a team being in breach of the cost cap had mounted after the FIA was late publishing the accounts for the 2024 season.

Confirmation of teams’ compliance had come much earlier in previous years.

(with Reuters inputs)