HORNER HITS BACK AT CLAIMS RED BULL HAS BROKEN THE BUDGET CAP
Team principal anger at rival team bosses and their accusations
Red Bull boss Christian Horner has hit back at suggestions that his titlewinning team overspent in 2021.
Ferrari and Mercedes top brass both suggested in Singapore that Red Bull had broken the budget cap, along with another operation, which is believed to be Aston Martin
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said: “As far as we understand, there’s a team in minor breach, which is more procedural, and another team that is fundamentally massively over and that is that is being still looked after. So that’s an open secret in the paddock.”
Horner hit back and said that the comments were defamatory and he would seek to take action should the rumours persist.
However, Wolff was adamant that Horner knew about the overspend, despite the team head denying all knowledge
“It’s funny Christian says that because it’s been weeks and months they’re being investigated, so maybe he doesn’t speak to his CFO
[chief financial officer],” added Wolff.
Horner responded by saying: “The facts are that it is a private submission to the FIA.
“So how on earth can any team know the detail of our submission? How can any team know a team is in breach or not?
We don’t even know if we’re in breach. We don’t know until next week, until the process has been completed.
“So perhaps when these accusations are made, people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones and you know we take umbrage and extremely seriously the remarks that have been made.”