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Christian Horner says Red Bull is “probably 25% almost of the way through that penalty, and of course it has an effect”.
Red Bull is currently serving a penalty they received for breaching the 2021 budget cap. The $7million fine is obviously the easier part of the punishment, but the 10% reduction in aero testing time has the potential to have a bigger impact on the team’s performance.
However, many observers, as well as rival team personnel, have said that the penalty is too light. Red Bull team boss Christian Horner, on the other hand, says the penalty is having an impact.
“We’re probably 25% almost of the way through that penalty, and of course it has an effect,” the Briton told RACER.
“It’s limiting significantly, the amount of runs that we can do in our wind tunnel over each quarter. And I think that the team are they’re having to adapt to that.
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“And it just means you have to be a bit more focused, and more disciplined in what we put through the testing process within the tunnel or within our simulation tools.
“So it’s another challenge. And it’s a handicap for sure, coming into this year.
“But we’ve got very capable people that are looking to obviously extract the best that we possibly can and apply ourselves in the most efficient and effective way,” Horner concluded.
