Red Bull hope to reach a agreement with the International Automobile Federation (FIA) having exceeded the spending limit in the 2021 seasonan infraction that, according to its sports director, Christian Horner, did not bring any benefit when developing the car.
“We are discussing with the FIA about what those costs are and what are the possible mitigating circumstances,” Horner said at the FIA press conference this Saturday, according to the website motorsport.com.
The person in charge of Red Bull considered that they had “zero profit from a development perspective or from an operational perspective, either for 2021 or 2022″ and assured that they worked “within the limit”.
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“We expected that some things needed clarification, as often happens when there is a new regulation. But based on third parties, accounting professionals, the interpretation of those rules, of a 52-page regulation, was very clear on our part. So I can say that absolutely and categorically we don’t think we got any advantage by 2021, 2022, 2023 or 2024,” he said.
Horner criticized the accusations of other teamslike McLaren, with a letter in which its director, Zak Brown, in which he assured that excessive spending on a team “is a trap.”
For the director of Red Bull it is “very disappointing and shocking” that accusation without having information and assured that they have been subjected to “a public trial of accusations from Singapore.”
He also stated that “in the media figures have been published that are far from reality.
In early practice for the United States Grand Prix on Friday, Horner held talks with FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
“I was hoping it would be resolved before this weekend and I am hopeful that it can still be resolved these days. If not, the sThe next process is to go to the administration panel of the cost limit and then there is the International Court of Appeal. It could go on for another six or nine months, which is not our intention. We want 2021 to close now ″, he sentenced.
In 2021, the Dutchman Max Verstappen achieved his first world title, a success that he has consolidated in the current course with his second championship in the Formula 1.
Also, Red Bull is close to securing the Constructors’ World Championshipwhich he last won in 2013. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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