Verstappen was not punished when he ran wide and forced b𓆏oth drivers off track when Hamilton tried to overtake the Red Bull around the outside of Turn 4 on lap 48 of last Sunday’ꦗs grand prix at Interlagos. 

The incident was noted but not investigated at🌊 the time but the emergence of new on-board footage from Verstappen’s car prompted Mercedes to lodge a formal right of review r💯equest.

Following a lengthy hearing on Thursday in Qatar that was attended by Mercedes and Red Bull representatives, a delayed verdi🔴ct was finally provided on Friday. 

While the stewards acknowledged that the front-facing camera on Verstappen’s car met the criteria for new evidence and was relevant, they did not agree the ne🍌w video footage was signifcant to revisit the case. 

The denial means the matter will not go any further and Verstappen will keep his second🅠-plac🎀e finish in Brazil. 

Speaking during t♌he FIA press conference before the decision was announced, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said the team did not expect “to gain anything from the right of re𝕴view”, adding it was “more about the principle and the philosophy”. 

When informed about the outcome of the stew꧃ards’ decision after it dropped, Wolff r🐈esponded: "Completely expected. I think we wanted to trigger discussion around it, that objective is achieved. We didn't really think it would go any further.”

Red Bull team princi🌌pal Christian Horner said it was “obviously the right decision” to avoid opening “Pandora’s box”๊.