Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Red Bull exceeds F1 Budget Cap

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying. 

> On Oct 12, 2022, at 2:26 PM, georgedodson [at] comcast.net wrote:
> 
> From Motosports.com  "The confirmation of what was already widely leaked -
> that Red Bull had overspent the $145million budget cap in the 2021 audit of
> Formula 1's teams - puts the FIA in an awkward spot.
> It announced on Monday that a "minor overspend" had indeed been found - now
> this can be up to as much as $7.25million but is likely to be less. Red Bull
> expressed "surprise and disappointment" at the verdict and maintains its
> submission was below the limit.
> Even if it was 'only' a million bucks or so, that extra spend can clearly
> translate into lap time that it could carry into subsequent seasons. The
> onus is on the FIA to apply a penalty to fit this transgression.
> There's also a huge need here for it to be transparent about what happens
> next; a repeat of the Ferrari 2019 engine settlement should be avoided at
> all costs.
> By: Charles Bradley, Global Editor in Chief
> Motorsport.com"  
> 
> So why should a repeat of the Ferrari 2019 engine settlement should be
> avoided at all costs? Surely you don't think that the 2019 settlement was
> overly harsh and crippled Ferrari for a whole year, do you?  Oh, I forgot,
> that is OK for Ferrari but not for Red Bull or Mercedes or......
> 
> Regards,
> George
> 
> 
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