FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem says Max Verstappen and Red Bull won't be 'punished' amid F1 dominance

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has ruled out “punishing” Max Verstappen and Red Bull and insists it is down to other F1 teams to catch up. 
Race winner Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 10, Austrian
Race winner Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme. Formula 1 World…

R🐟ed Bull have enjoyed an unbeaten start to the 2023 season, winning all nine races to have taken p💛lace so far, with Verstappen victorious in seven of them. 

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Verstappen has already built up a huge 81-point advantage over teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Sergio Perez at the top of the F1 world championship and appears well on course to claim a third consec🌳utive drivers’ crown this season. 

Asked if the FIA needs to tak✅e action to make things more competitive amid Red Bull’s dominance, Ben Sulayem told PA: "If we go about what's good and bad we'll open the door. I mean, was it good for Mercedes? Fair enough?

"It is [Verstappen’s] time, it's Red Bull's time. What do we do ... punish the good kid? No, let's go and make the 🐽other teams good. 

“Nobody’s ♌stopping the other teams from being better. We cannot punish people for🐻 being better, for trying harder. That is unfair.”

Another victory at this weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silversto෴ne would see Red Bull equal McLaren’s record of 11 straight wins by a team.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton recently suggested that teams should be banned from starting early development of their cars for the followiꩲng season. 

The se🅠ven-time world champion’s idea was quickly dismissed by both Verstappen and Red Bull team principa🥀l Christian Horner. 

Verstappen responded “we weren’t ta🦩lking abo꧅ut this when he was winning” during Mercedes’ own period of dominance. 

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