One of the most successful seasons in the team’s history, and one of the best cars they’ve ever produced (or for that fact, anyone’s ever produced). A number of records were broken. 2022 has been a season to remember for Christian Horner and Red Bull; until, of course, the cost cap saga broke out.
The cost cap saga has been one of the most controversial incidents in F1 in decades. Regulations mandating maintaining spending limits were introduced by the FIA in 2020, with 2021 being the first season where they would be implemented. And Red Bull turned out to be one of the first offenders of the new rules. After months of name-calling by teams, and investigation by the FIA, the saga finally came to an end.
It was decided that Red Bull was guilty of the charges, and was asked to pay $7 million in fine and a reduced ability to conduct wind tunnel testing for 12 months. While Red Bull did end up signing an Accepted Breach Agreement for the violation, they still haven’t given up on finding the ‘leak’.
Christian Horner said “The accusations made in Singapore were extremely upsetting for every single member of staff, all our partners, everyone involved within Red Bull. Obviously, any form of leakage is hugely worrying. It’s something we expect to be followed up.” Helmut Marko echoed that sentiment and said “It cannot be that two teams with detailed knowledge went public before we were informed.”
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