McLaren team principal, Andreas Seidl, asks that the FIA maintain open communication during their investigation of a possible breach of the financial regulations by Red Bull and Aston Martin. The teams had the first-ever budget cap enforced on them last season with a limit of $145 million being set by the FIA. This had initially
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was given a thoughtful cake by his team on Friday as he celebrated his 25th birthday. The Dutchman has been with Red Bull since the 2016 season, and he won on a magical debut with the Austrian side at the Spanish Grand Prix. Another 30 race wins have followed since, as
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Ferrari race director, Laurent Mekies, wants the FIA to be diligent as they look to decipher whether Red Bull and Aston Martin have broken the financial rules. Last year, a $145 million spending limit was brought in last season, and that had to be shared out between damage repairs, development, workers’ hours, energy used in
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Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, says that rival teams are throwing “ridiculous” numbers at the wall to see what sticks. Formula 1 introduced its first budget cap last season, to limit the financial advantage the bigger teams had over the smaller ones in the development race. The cap was set at $145 million, and
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen needed to leave enough fuel in the tank to give the scrutineers a sample, which is why he needed to abort his final run during qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix. The Dutchman had gone second fastest in two of the opening three practice sessions of the weekend, ad he spent
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Max Verstappen has quipped that Sebastian Vettel needs the additional sleep during flyaway race weekends, because he is “a bit old.” Formula 1 is in Singapore this weekend, and it will travel to Japan next weekend, so the session times will be skewed. The sessions in Singapore are held in the evening, meaning that the
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Red Bull got a little confused during the first qualifying session at the Singapore Grand Prix as Sergio Perez got held by his team-mate, Max Verstappen. Perez was on a flying lap early on in the session, while his world champion team-mate was on a slow run in preparation for a flying lap. The 25-year-old
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Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, is optimistic that Red Bull will not be found to be in breach of the financial regulations in 2021. The Austrian team, after seven seasons of languishing behind Mercedes in the championship, came into the 2021 campaign with a real chance of challenging for the world title. Max Verstappen
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Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, has suggested that Red Bull have been under investigation for a substantial amount of time over possible breaches of the budget cap regulations next season. The teams were given a limit of $145 million that they could spend on development of the cars, damage repairs, freight and energy bills in
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Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, has suggested that rumours of a budget cap breach were designed to take away from Max Verstappen’s second world title. The teams were given a budget limit of $145 million to work with in 2021, the first time a budget was introduced in Formula 1. That was initially reduced
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