The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) has lastly introduced a penalty for Red Bull’s breach of the F1 value cap. According to FIA, Red Bull was discovered to have dedicated a Minor Breach of the F1 value cap, overspending by $2.2 million, or 1.6% of the associated fee cap.
As a end result, Red Bull will pay a $7 million tremendous, and lose 10% of its aerodynamic testing time for the following season.
FIA introduced that the group and Red Bull had agreed to the penalty in a statement issued Friday:
Following the submission of all required documentation by all ten Formula One Teams, the Cost Cap Administration carried out the primary ever Review course of below the FIA Formula One World Championship Financial Regulations. These new Financial Regulations are a really complicated algorithm that rivals have been required to adapt to for the primary time.
Red Bull Racing was discovered to be in breach, nevertheless, the Cost Cap Administration acknowledged that Red Bull Racing has acted cooperatively all through the assessment course of and has sought to supply further info and proof when requested in a well timed method, that that is the primary yr of the total software of the Financial Regulations and that there isn’t a accusation or proof that RBR has sought at any time to behave in dangerous religion, dishonestly or in fraudulent method, nor has it willfully hid any info from the Cost Cap Administration.
The discount in testing time will additional diminish the crew’s entry to the testing wind tunnels for subsequent season. Under F1 guidelines, there’s a “ … sliding scale of wind tunnel runs in F1 depending on where a team finishes in the championship.”
With Red Bull securing the Constructors’ Cup final weekend on the United States Grand Prix, they have been already restricted to twenty-eight periods within the wind tunnel. Now that will likely be decreased to 25. For reference, the crew that finishes second within the Constructors’ Cup — proper now Ferrari is in second place — can have 30 runs within the wind tunnel.