The Formula 1 team Red Bull was fined seven million dollars and a 10% reduction in its car’s development time in the wind tunnel for having exceed the 2021 budget capas announced this Friday by the International Automobile Federation (FIA).
On the other hand, the FIA did not cause a retroactive loss of points to Red Bull for this “minor” violation of 1.6% of the limit. As a result, the team retained the drivers’ world champion title got by the dutch Max Verstappen last year. Red Bull was the only team to break the budget cap, set for the first time in F1 for the 2021 season at $145m.
The FIA praised the Red Bull “cooperation” to resolve the case, which the body announced on October 10, and believes that Red Bull did not intend to act “in bad faith or dishonestly”. Another extenuating circumstance, according to the FIA, is “the first year” of the financial regulations, “a very complex set of rules” to which the ten elite teams of world motorsport have to submit.
Red Bull now has thirty days to pay its fine. The structure based in Milton Keynes (United Kingdom) is also responsible for paying the costs of the procedure.
On a sporting level, the team of 2021 and 2022 world champion Verstappen escaped the worst of the penalties at the hands of the FIA - removal of points, destruction, subsequent disqualification. however, must count twelve months with reduced wind tunnel time, important for the development of future single-seaters.
This time is also inversely proportional to the ranking of the teams in the world championship. Since Red Bull were crowned champions in 2022, they have already enjoyed the shortest wind tunnel time on the F1 grid.
Source: La Verdad
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