Red Bull overspent Formula 1's 2021 cost cap.
, the FIA has announced that the Red Bull Formula 1 team breached the cost cap for the 2021 season. A budget of $145 million for F1 teams—excepting marketing costs and the salaries of drivers and the three highest paid members of the team—was put in place for the 2021 season to both even the playing field and help teams cope with the difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic., the FIA said that Red Bull committed a"minor overspend" breach, which is less than 5 percent of the cost cap.
Red Bull was the only of Formula 1's ten teams to breach the $145 million limit for last season, though the FIA did say that Aston Martin committed a"procedural breach" of some sort. The FIA has not announced what, if any, penalties Red Bull and Aston Martin will face.
It's a bigger deal for Red Bull, of course, because Max Verstappen won the driver's title last year, and the team came second to Mercedes in constructor's standings.that penalties for Red Bull could include a public reprimand, a fine, reduction in aerodynamic testing, exclusion from some events—like practice and qualifying sessions—and deductions in driver's/constructor's points.
of any breaches to the cost cap. Both Ferrari's Mattia Binotto and Mercedes' Toto Wolff have said to media that any breach of the cost cap should be punished severely, and you can expect that rhetoric from them and others to intensify in the final stages of the 2022 season.
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