Red Bull break F1 cost cap: What punishments could they receive?
The FIA’s delayed report into F1 teams’ spending found Red Bull to have 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:overstepped last♏ sꦇeason’s $145m cap by less than five percent, or $7.25m.
Such an offence is classed as “minor”, the l🅰ower of the two categories of breach.
F1’s governing bo𒁃dy said 🀅the process into determining a potential punishment had not yet been completed.
Mercedes and Ferrari have called for any violation of the cost cap to be168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: met with severe punishment, though that is not expected.
What penalty could be imposed?
The FIA has several options when it co🦩mes to penalising a “minor” breach of F1’s financial regulations. 𓂃;
This ranges from a public reprimand to a🧔 financial penalty and/or minor sp𒈔orting penalties.
The full list is as follows:
- Public reprimand
- Deduction of Constructors’ Championship points awarded for the Championship that took place within the Reporting Period of the breach;
- Deduction of Drivers’ Championship points awarded for the Championship that took place within the Reporting Period of the breach;
- Suspension from one or more stages of a Competition or Competitions, excluding for the avoidance of doubt the race itself;
- Limitations on ability to conduct aerodynamic or other Testing; and/or
- Reduction of the Cost Cap
In theory the FIA could strip 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen of his 2021 world title but a points deduction ꦺor a suspꦺension from a stage of the competition are not thought to be likely punishments.
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