Christian Horner has continued to deny that Red Bull’s breach of the Formula One cost cap aided Max Verstappen’s 2021 title win.
On Friday, the FIA announced that Red Bull had been fined £6million and would have their wind tunnel testing time reduced by 10% for next season, after they were found to have committed a ‘minor’ breach of last year’s budget cap.
Horner’s team was the only one on the grid to exceed the cap, overspending by £1.8m, though it has been acknowledged that had Red Bull taken a tax subsidy that they were entitled to they would have only overspent by around £400,000.
The issue sparked outrage amongst their rivals who claimed that even the slightest overspend will have helped Verstappen’s title campaign and had a knock on effect for seasons to come.
With three races still to go, Verstappen and Red Bull have already won both the drivers’ and constructors’ championships for 2022.