F1 cost cap contradiction? Christian Horner and Max Verstappen on different pages over Red Bull penalty
Red Bull were hit with a $7m fine and a 10 percent reduction in wind tunnel time for a 12-month period after being found guilty of committing a ‘minor' breach of the $145m spending limit set during Verstappen’s maiden F1 title-winning campaign in 2021.
The Milton Keynes outfit have 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:already served one quart🔜er of the penalty which leaves the team with just﷽ 63 percent CFD time - the lowest aerodyna🌜mic development allocation for 2023.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner admitted in a recent interview with that the punishment had already 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“significantly” limited development of the RB19.
Horner reiterated t𓄧hat stance during Red Bull’s glitzy season launch event in New York on F𝓀riday.
“We’re doing the best with what we’ve got,” Horner told reporter🌠s.
“The team ha꧒ve had to adapt to the handicap that we have. They have done a wonderful job in doing that. Is it enough? We’ll find out in a couple of weeks time as a starting point.
“It’s certainly a significant handicap that we carry for t🐻he 🍌majority of the year. We’ve accepted it, we’ve looked to adapt, to ensure that we’re as efficient as we possibly can be.
“We’ll see when RB19 ru🅰ꦓns on the track in anger if we’ve done enough.”
But defending world champion ♔Verstappen, who is going for a third straight drivers’ title, seemed to downplay Red Bull’s handicap.
“Of course I’ve tho𓆏ught about it, but I think we have a lot of very competent people in our factory,” he said.
“It makes things a little bit harder but I’d prefer be ๊in the position we are in than always finish second or third in the championship, because that is way more depressing.
“We have to be more little bit more precise with what we are doing in the wind tunnel, but I don’t e𒊎xpect it to be a big limiting factor in if we are going to win the title or not.”
The D𒁃utch🌳man added: “We don’t even really talk about it in the factory, we’re just very focused on the performance side.
“We know how much time we have and we spend that time. We are𒁏 not really thinking ‘we have less time than the others’꧟.
“We🃏 just have to w﷽ork harder in the time that we have.”
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