Ferrari: Red Bull F1 cost cap breach punishment was "not a penalty"

Ferrari F1 boss Vasseur believes the cost cap penalty imposed on Red Bull last year was way too lenient. 'I think it was not a penalty. It was very low.'

of breaking the cost cap limit in 2021, and the team was fined $7 million plus given a 10% reduction in aerodynamic testing for 12 months from October 2022.

"And as it's not a linear progression, it's probably less, and you are allowed to spend this money somewhere else. But it means that for me the penalty is marginal." "Then that you can spend what you are saving on the wind tunnel, you can spend it somewhere else on the weight saving and so on. "I am not trying to find an excuse at all. It's not this. But if you ask me if the penalty is too light, I say yes."

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