Horner says the cost cap breach penalty is “a strong deterrent for the future, so anybody that diminishes that penalty doesn’t know what they’re talking about”.
In reaction to Red Bull’s cost cap breach penalty, Brown says McLaren hopes “the FIA take stronger action in future against those that wilfully break the rules”.
Andrew Benson says rival teams could have overspent in the same areas as Red Bull, “but that would have meant spending less on engineering and car design”.