Hamilton was excluded from Friday’s qualifying results in Brazil and sent to the 🅠very back of the grid for Saturday’s sprint race after it was found that ൩the gap between his rear wing elements was 0.2mm wider than permitted when DRS was activated. 

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff claimed F1’s usual “modus operandi” was not followed as he expressed frustration at the handling of the investigation after FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer reported Hamilton’s car to the s🤡tewards. 

“I don't want to pick out any individuals because everybody tries to do t🍌he best possible job in their role,” Wolff said on Saturdꩲay evening. 

“But something𓃲 went against the modus operandi this last 24 hours, which was either under pressure from other stakeholders, or just different. 

"If the modus operandi is different now, you may🉐be need to look at others alsoꦚ with a more strict and severe eye. 

“I can tell you that in the next few races we are going to look at every single bit of race tape that's 𒆙going to fall off a car and ask questions.

"In a way, if there was a gentlemen's agreement - if such a thing as a gentlemen's agreement exists in Formul💫a 1, because there are no gentleman - then now itꦛ doesn't anymore.

"So you have no leniency of fixing things on a car. If it's br🅷oken, it's broken and you can'tꦑ touch it. This is how it's going to go this year [from now on].”

Wolff questioned why Red Bull was allowed t𝐆o repair damage sustained to its rear wing during qualifying at the Mexico City Grand Prix under the same parc ferm𝕴e conditions. 

“Work on their rear wing was permitted,” Wolff said൩. “So no difference in terms of parc ferme situation, I don’t think with stewards present.

“This time it was judged if it would have happened during the session we would have been allowed 🉐to fix it. But not at the end of the session. 

“Which, 🧸both are parc fermඣe situations so you could ask why during the session and not at the end of the session? 

“Anyways, it is what it is, and we can probably pick examples either way.  Sometimes it was judged𝕴 harsher, sometimes there was more leniency. And that’s OK. 

“We expected to face the same situation as many of many races we had before. With us it was black and white, ‘you failed the test, and that’s 🀅it’. 

“To be honest, I don’t care any more. This is beyond me, I’m not spending my time thinking abo💯ut decisions that I can’t change anyway, anymore. I’m now we’re looking forward to the racing.”