McLaren boss Andreas Seidl says Red Bull's F1 cost cap penalty doesn't fit their breach
Governing body the FIA announced on Friday that Red Bull have been handed a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:$7m fine and a 10 percent reduction in aer🦩odynamic testing time for the next 12 months af𒅌ter being found guilty of breaking F1’s $145m spending limit last year.
Red Bull 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:“begrudgingly” struck an Accepted Breach Agreement (ABA) with the FIA following extensive talks ahead of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mexico City Grand Prix, with team principal Christian Horner calling the penalty 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:“enormous” and “draconian”.
But Seidl doesn’t feel the punish🧸ment fits the crime and hopes any further breaches of F1’s financial regulations are met with more severe sanctions.
Asked by Sky Sports’ Ted Kravitz if he had listened to Horner’s news confer⭕ence ahead of F1 practice in Mexico City, Seidl replied: “No, I didn’t listen to it because I can imagine it was another fairytale hour, probably. Not reജally interested in that.
“In the end, on a positive side I think it’s good to see tꦓhe FIA did a good job in terms of doing the audit. Nine t𒉰eams got it right and it was clear one team was in breach, so that’s a positive outcome.
“But on a negative side, it’s also 💎clear, from my point of view, that the penalty doesn’t fit the breach. I just hope moving forward we have stricter penalties in place.”
McLaren CEO Zak Brown wrote a letter to the FIA two weeks ago in which he stressed that any breach of the cost cap would168澳洲5最新开奖结果: “constitute cheating” and called for harsh punishments.
Although he did not reference Red Bull directly in the leaked letter, Horner took aim at his rival’s comments during a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:fiery press conference in Austin last weekend.
On Friday, Horner suggested up to six teams could be in breach of this year’🀅s $140m budget cap, but Seidl dism✅issed his counterpart’s claim.
“There’s absolutely no reason to be in breach this year,” Seidl said. “We had goo▨d discussions earlier this year with all teams, the FIA and F1 regarding these topics.
“That’s why the cap was adjusted and it was also made clear from all teams and the FIA’s side that there is absolutely no r𒀰eason, after this positive decisions in the interests of the sport, that there is any br☂each at the end of the year.
“ཧI just hope if there is any breach, it ends up being appropriate penalties.”
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