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Originally Posted by MontyB1
Well the news is in and....
Redbull and Aston Martin have breached F1 cost cap rules of the 2021 season
No news on any sanctions and they aren't stating by how much. Rebulls account are now officially late and they will get a fine for that but its very minor in cost terms but does make it hard to see by how much they 'might' have overspent that is very convenient of the.
2021 / 2022 seasons tainted? |
Nothing tainted at all - minor breach is just that, minor. - last I read was that RB was over by $150,000 If anything, it was quite smart and would say well done strategy for RB. Lord knows MB needed to spend ~$500+MM (10s of millions more than RB or Ferrari) to win in previous years and are just mad they can't spent their way anymore and their years of buying off the FIA seem to be outnumbered too.
The FIA writes rules that are often ambiguous and obtuse. If they don't want to give teams a buffer on their budget they should not allow for up to 5% variance on the "budget".