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Christian Horner says the penalty Red Bull received for their cost cap breach is “a strong deterrent for the future, so anybody that diminishes that penalty doesn’t know what they’re talking about”.
The FIA has announced Red Bull’s punishment for breaching the 2021 cost cap. The team has received a $7m fine, and its wind tunnel and CFD testing time will be reduced by 10%.
Many observers and representatives from other teams think the penalty is too light, but Christian Horner seems to think it’s just right.
“Some of them have been quick to talk in the media,” Horner said in Red Bull’s press conference.
“I’m sure for them it won’t be enough. I’m sure if you burned our wind tunnel down it wouldn’t be enough.
“But this is a penalty that the FIA, after an awful lot of dialogue with them, [determined]. They know the impact that it has on us.
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“They see how the teams operate, they see the efficiency of their runs, this has a material impact on our car performance for next year.
“I think that the punishment that the FIA has come up with actually is a strong deterrent. For a 0.37% overspend, to be charged $7 million and to lose 10% of your wind tunnel time is massive.
“It is a strong deterrent for the future, so anybody that diminishes that penalty doesn’t know what they’re talking about,” the Briton concluded.
So, it appears that Horner is defending a penalty Red Bull received, by trying to convince everybody it will really hurt his team…
