Red Bull yet to see true impact of now-expired F1 cost cap penalty, insists Christian Horner

Red Bull chief Christian Horner insists his team are yet to see the true impact of their penalty for breaking the F1 cost cap in 2021. 
Red Bull yet to see true impact of now-expired F1 cost cap penalty

After admitting a ‘minor’ breach of the $145m spending limit set during 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s maiden title-winning campaign, Red Bull were handed a $7m fine and a 10 percent reduct✅ion in wi🐻nd tunnel time for a 12-month period in October last year. 

With the penalty having expired on October 26꧑, Red Bull can now return to their full allocation of aerodynamic testing. This comes as bad news for their rivals given Red Bull’s dominance in 2023. 

The Milton⭕ Keynes squad have succe🦩ssfully defended both world championships and won 17 of the 18 races to have taken place so far this campaign. 

Red Bull’s penalty was branded as not strong enough by Ferrar🎃i earlier this year but Horner has once again stressed that his side are yet to feel the full brunt 🉐of their punishment. 

“Well certainly, we’ve not seen the full impact yet because it obviously has compromised the amount of developmꦺent that we’ve been able to do this year,” the R𒀰ed Bull team principal explained at the Mexico City Grand Prix. 

“Thankfully, we came out with a very stro🐷ng car at the beginning of the year and we’ve been able to apply most of the development time from quite early in the season to next year’s car. So that’s been important.”

Red Bull yet to see true impact of now-expired F1 cost cap penalty

F1’s governing body revealed that all 10 F1 teams ha꧅d complied with the 2022 cost cap - set at $135🎉m - in September as the sport evaded a repeat of the previous year’s saga. 

Horner likened the FIA’s review process to𝓰 subjecting al🦄l the teams to a “full colonoscopy”. 

“The process ♔of the cost cap is evolving, it’s a very compl🐎ex set of regulations that have evolved,” he said. 

“The degree of scrutiny this year was phenomenal in terms of the r🐬igour ꧑that the FIA went to. It was a full colonoscopy that we experienced during the summer. 

“And I think that the FIA are learning as well from their side and the rules have evolved. Of course every company is st💃ructured in a slightly different way as well, which adds to the complexity. 

“So that has a bearing as well. It’s a very complex set of regs and I think the F🍷IA have actually done a pretty decent job ꧟of what we’ve seen over the last 12 months.”

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