Did Adrian Newey’s salary cause Red Bull to breach F1 cost cap?
The FIA found Red Bull in “minꦑor” breach of exceeding the 2021 season budget of $145m - meaning their overspend was less than $7.25m.
The three highest-earning members of an F1 team do not count within the cost cap but Ziggo Sports in t🌄he Netherla🍨nds report that Newey’s employment with Red Bull is a grey area.
"It probably has to do with Adrian Newey,” the report claims. “Newey is one of the top three earners in the team and the debateꦑ is over whether Newey is a Red Bull empl🧜oyee or a name on loan through his own company.
"Red Bull says 'he i💃s employed by us' so he's not included in the budget cap because he's one of the three highest-paid names.
“The FIA sai🅘d: 'No, he was hired through his company, so he comes from outside, so he should be included in the ꦡbudget cap’.”
Newey is the chief technical officer for Red Bull - the brains behind the RB18 which 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen drove to win the 2022 F1 championship.
Newey has won constructor🌸’s championships with three tea🌺ms and has designed cars for seven driver’s champions.
The FIA are🦂 yet to decide on Red Bull’s punishment for breaching the cost cap.
It had previously been reported by Dutch media that “168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:free lunch” for staff at the team’s headquarte🌠rs ꧂was to blame for the overspend.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sp🌟orts for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
