George Russell and Charles Leclerc demand punishment for teams guilty of F1 cost cap breaches
Paddock speculation that Red Bull and Astonꦡ Martin may🔜 have been in breach of the 2021 financial regulations dominated the Singapore Grand Prix weekend.
The topic has rumbled on into the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Japanese Grand Prix after the FIA 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:delayed th🥂e publication of its inquiries into whether any team did violate last ꦐyear’s $145m budget cap.
Certificates of cꦐompliance were ex🌱pected to be issued to teams on Wednesday, but the FIA is now set to release the certificates on Monday 10 October, stating "the analysis of financial submissions is a long and complex process that is ongoing.”
Ahead of the weekend, Mercedes driver Russell said he trusts in F1’s governing body to “bring an a🅺ppropriate punishment” for any team found to have overspeღnt.
“It’s not my duty to dive into those details and I’ll just sit and wait and see what the results are on Monday,” Russell said on Thursday during t🅘he FIA press conference at Suzuka.
"But I just know from our experience within Mercede✃s, how hard the whole team have worked to stay within that cost cap - we know we can bring more performance to the table if we had more money to spend, and it’s as simple as that.
“I trust in Mohammed [Ben Sulayem, FIA president] and the FIA to bring an appropriate punis💯hment for anyone who’s found gꦰuilty of the charges accused.
“It should be quite straightforward and you’d expect that the amount that’s gone 🐷over should be the amount that’s taken off for next year’s budget, and probably a bit more on top of that༒, as a punishment. But let’s wait and see.”
Mercedes and Fe🐲rrari have been part♔icularly vocal about the policing of the cost cap, claiming the rumoured breaches are an “open secret” in the F1 paddock.
The comments from rival camps drew a furious response from Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, who 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:threatened legal action if the accusations were not withdrawn, and expressed confidence that his side’s submission i🌞s in line with the financial regulations.
“Speaking about ourselves of course if we have more to spend you will �♏�go faster on track,” Ferrari’s Leclerc added. “So if there’s any team found guilty of that, they should be punished.
“Then what’s the punishment? I’m not the one to decide, but for sure it 🌠should be punish🍷ed.”
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