Could the year after next be when Red Bull are hit hardest by their budget cap penalty? F1
‘Red Bull won’t feel the effects of the wind tunnel penalty until 2024’Penalised 10 per cent of their car development time for breaching the budget cap, Hans-Joachim Stuck reckons Red Bull will not feel the effects of that until 2024.
The FIA confirmed they had committed a ‘minor overspend breach’, $2.2million over the cap, and hit them with both a financial and sporting penalty.the loss of 10 per cent of 2023’s car development timeThat means fewer runs in the wind tunnel, Red Bull limited to 202 compared to Ferrari’s 240 and Mercedes’ 256.
But whenever the penalty does affect the team’s development, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says“I hear people say it’s not a severe penalty,” he told the media in Mexico. “But 10 per cent less wind tunnel time and other aerodynamic tools is a draconian penalty.Stuck is not so sure about the Briton’s numbers.
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