F1 cost cap contradiction? Christian Horner and Max Verstappen on different pages over Red Bull penalty
Red Bull were hit with a $7m fine and a 10 percent reduction in wind tunnel time for a 12-month period after being found guilty of committing a ‘minor' breach of the $145m spending limit set during Verstappen’s maiden F1 title-winning campaign in 2021.
The Milton Keynes outfit have 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:already served one🎀 quarter of the penalty which leaves the team with just 63 percent CFD time - the lowes🌠t aerodynamic development allocation for 2023.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner admitted in a recent interview with that the punishment had already 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:“significantly” limited development of the RB19.
Horner reiterated that stance dur🥀ing Red Bull’s glitzy season launch event in New York on Friday.
“We’re doing the best with wha🏅t we’ve got𒉰,” Horner told reporters.
“The team have had to adapt to the꧃ handicap that we have. They have done a wonderful job in doing that. Is it enough? We’ll find out in a coupl♐e of weeks time as a starting point.
“It’s certainly a significant handicap that we carry for the majority of the year. We’ve accepted it, we’ve looked to adapt, to ensure that we’re as efficient as🌳 we possibly can be.
“We’ll see when RB1𓂃9 runs on the trac🍬k in anger if we’ve done enough.”
But defending world champion Verstappen, who is going for a third straight drive❀rs’ title, seemed to downplay Red Bull’s handicap.
“Of course I’ve thought about it, but I think we have a lo🌠t of very competent people in our factory,” he said.
“It makes things a little bit harder butꦏ I’d prefer be in the position we are in than always finish second or third in the championship, because that is way more depressing.
“We have to be more little bit more precise with what we are doing in the wind tunnel, but I don’t exp﷽ect it to be a big limiting factor in if we are going to wi👍n the title or not.”
The Dutchman added: “We don’t even really talk about it in the factory, we’re just very focused on the p🍒erformance side.
“We know how much time we have and we spend that time. We are not really thinking ‘we have less time than th𝔍e others’.
“We 𝐆just have to work harder in the 🌸time that we have.”
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