George Russell and Charles Leclerc demand punishment for teams guilty of F1 cost cap breaches
Paddock speculation that Red Bull and Aston Mar𓆏tin may have been in breach of the 2021 financial regulations dominated the Singapore Grand Prix weekend.
The topic has rumbled on into the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Japanese Grand Prix after the FIA 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:delayed the publ𒀰ication of its inquiries into whether any team did violate last year’s꧒ $145m budget cap.
Certificates of compliance were expected to be issued to teams on Wednesday, but the FIA is🔯 now set to release the certificates on Monday 10 October, stating "the analysis of financial submissions is a long and complex process that is ongoing.”
꧑Ahead of the weekend, Mercedes driver Russell said he trusts in F1’s governing body to “bring an appropriate punishment” for any team found to have overspent.
“It’s not my dut𝓀y to dive into those details and I’ll just sit and wait and see what the results are on Monday,” Russell said on Thursday during the FIA press conference at Suzuk🍸a.
"But I just know from our experience within Mercedes, how hard the whole team have wor💖ked to stay within that cost cap - we know we can bring more perfo🐻rmance to the table if we had more money to spend, and it’s as simple as that.
“I trust in Mohammed [Ben Sulayem, 🅠𒊎FIA president] and the FIA to bring an appropriate punishment for anyone who’s found guilty of the charges accused.
“It should be quite straightforꦓward and you’d expect that the amount that’s gone over should be the amount that’s taken off for next year’s budget✅, and probably a bit more on top of that, as a punishment. But let’s wait and see.”
Mercedes and Ferrari have been particularly vocal about the policing of the cost cap, claiming the rumoured breaches are 🌸an “open secret” in the F1 paddock.
The comments from rival camps drew a furious response from Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, who 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:threatened legal action if the accusations were not withdrawn♌, and expressed confidence that his side’s submission is in line with the financial regulations.&♛nbsp;
“Speaking about ourselves of course if we have more to spend you will go faster on track,” Ferrariꦗ’s Leclerc added. “So if there’s any team found guilty of that, they should be punished.
“Then what’s the punishꦯment?ඣ I’m not the one to decide, but for sure it should be punished.”
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