Christian Horner says "draconian” penalty will cost Red Bull up to 0.5s in F1 2023

Christian Horner says Red Bull’s F1 cost cap penalty is “hugely draconian” and will cost the team somewhere between 0.25 and 0.5 seconds in lap time performance in 2023. 
Horner: “Draconian” penalty will cost Red Bull up to 0.5s in F1 2023

F1’s governing body the FIA announced ahead of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mexico City Grand Prix that Red Bull has overspent by £1.86m in 2021, the year in which 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen won his maiden world championship. 

Red Bull have been hit with a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:$7m fine and a 10 percent reduction in the time they can spend using their wind tunnel or computational fluid dynamics (CFD)🧸 to design their 2023 car🍨. 

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The restrictio𒉰n in permitted aerodynamic research comes into effect immediately and will be enforced over a 12-month period. 

Red Bull team principal Horner de🐬scribed the punishment as a “significant penalty both financially and sporti꧒ngly” in a news conference in Mexico City on Friday.  

“$7m is an enormous amount of money and the more draconian pℱart is the sporting penalty, which is a 10% reduction in our ability to use our wind tunn🎃el and aerodynamic tools,” Horner said. 

“I’ve heard people reporting that it is an insignificant amount, le💞t me tell you know that is an enormous amount. That represents anywhere between 0.25secs an✅d 0.5secs of lap time.

“By winnin💯g the constructors' championship, obviously we become victims of our own success by having a 5% ꦑincremental handicap compared to the second and third places. 

“We will have 15% less wind tun✨nel time than the second-placed team in the constructors’ championship and 20% less than the third team - a draconian amount. 

“That 10% will have impact on our abi♈lity to perform on track next year.” 

‘Zero benefit’ from cost cap breach 

Christian Horner (GBR) Red Bull Racing Team Principal in a press conference regarding the outcome of the cost cap breach.
Christian Horner (GBR) Red Bull Racing Team Principal in a press conference regarding the…

Horner dismissed suggestions Red Bull dꦰerived any benefit in terms of a performance advantage on track from their ov🐈erspend. 

“I stand by the statement that there was zero benefit, because the 🎶amount that we went over, we believe there are mitigating facto🀅rs,” he explained. 

“If we went over because we paid sick pay, if we went over because we paid people we felt weren’t in the cap in t𒁃erms of costs wit♛hin catering, not one penny was spent on the performance of the car.

“I’m astounded there were no other teams that found themselves in that position but good for th𝓰em that eight of them fully complied.” 

Asked if it is realistic for Red Bull to fight for the world championship in F1 2023,🌟 Hꩲorner admitted: “It’s a hit, it’s a handicap. 

“It gives an advantage to our competitors, which is why they were pushing so hard for a draconian penalty, a♔nd we are going to have to work incredibly hard in the time we have available. 

“We are going to have to be efficient with our time, with the runs that we do in our wind tu❀nnel.&nb🤡sp;

"I have full belief in the capability of our team, I think they’ve demonstrated that time and t⛦ime again. 

“There were other sporting penalties that were available for the FIA but this 𝓡one was lobbied for by our competitors because they felt it hit us the hardest."

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