The details of Red Bull’s Accepted Breach Agreement with the FIA were released on Friday, and some—including F1 teams—felt the punishment wasn’t steep enough for breaching the cost cap.
The Milton Keynes-based team was dealt a $7 million fine and a 10% reduction in aerodynamic/wind tunnel testing time for next season. But team principal Christian Horner argued that the latter portion of the sanctions “will have a material effect on our performance.”
Red Bull was already receiving less wind tunnel time than the other nine teams on the grid after winning the constructors’ title this season as the lowest team gets the most time and the highest team gets the least.