F1 team boss demands rules ‘refinement’ after Red Bull penalty

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has demanded F1 ‘refines’ the rules after Red Bull’s budget cap penalty. Steiner admitted the governing body needed to ‘work on that regulation’ and tweak penalties after Red Bull breached the cap.The Haas boss made the comments when asked if F1’s new regulations have worked well. The budget cap was introduced for the first time last year in a bid to improve the show on track.Steiner said: ‘I think financial worked. The teams are closer together, all the teams have scored points this year. There are two battles going on still, at the end of the season, when the World Championship has been decided, between fourth and fifth and eighth and ninth at the moment.’So I think on that side, it worked. Obviously, as we saw, with the breach of the budget cap, we need to do some refinement, work on that regulation, penalties and so on but it’s a completely new concept and we can’t expect it to be too perfect the first time.’READ MORE: Christian Horner and Helmut Marko have same budget cap prediction Red Bull were issued a sporting and financial penalty for breaking the budget cap (Image: Getty)Red Bull were issued a 10 per cent reduction in wind tunnel testing and CFD development after the team were found guilty of breaking the cap. They were also hit with a massive £6.4million ($7m) fine for going over the cap.The penalty was dubbed a ‘draconian’ measure by Red Bull boss Christian Horner who estimated it could impact the team by around half a second per lap. Horner also reiterated that Red Bull received ‘zero benefits’ from their overspending as not one extra penalty was spent on car development.The team were found to have spent £1.8million ($2.2) more than they were allowed last season. However, the FIA did accept the penalty would be just £432,000 ($0.5m) if Red Bull submitted their tax reports correctly.DON’T MISSVerstappen thinks Red Bull budget cap penalty may be 2023 advantage [INSIGHT]Red Bull details private budget cap meeting as team hit with fine [ANALYSIS]Helmut Marko rips into FIA over Red Bull penalty in budget cap saga [COMMENT]BUDGET CAP Guenther Steiner has called for a ‘refinement’ of the budget cap (Image: Getty)McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl also weighed in on the issue in Sao Paulo, claiming that the full effect of the budget cap may not be seen for a few seasons. He explained: ‘I think it was a very good starting point for these new technical, sporting and financial regulations.’And I think now with time and with the budget cap, especially, let’s say the effect of it washing out over the next few years, I think it will get even better.’