Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has launched a fierce attack on Ferrari and Mercedes following statements and ‘allegations’ that the Red Bull team might breach financial restrictions in the Formula 1 World Championship.
Reports in the media on Friday, at the Singapore Grand Prix, that Red Bull Racing exceeded budget constraints imposed last year led to statements from Ferrari and Mercedes that heavy penalties should be applied to Red Bull Racing.
However, at the same time, due to the severity of these statements, according to Horner, he believes that they constitute defamation once morest his team, and confirmed that he is considering taking action once morest Ferrari and Mercedes regarding these statements.
Horner stressed, once once more, that there is no truth to these allegations, and that Red Bull is confident it did not go over budget last season.
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Horner said, “I am frankly shocked by the statements our competitors heard yesterday. All the information and data provided by the teams to the FIA are confidential, and I do not know what the nature of the data of our competitors is, and what is the audit process they are subject to.”
He continued: “Therefore, I am amazed and thankful to know the sources of those imaginary and false claims they make. It is defamation once morest the Red Bull team, and we do not accept that.”
He added: “Honestly, I don’t think the existence of these reports, along with Max Verstappen getting his first chance to win the world championship in 2022is considered a coincidence. How did they get this information? How do they have this knowledge? Even the FIA confirmed that it had not completed the procedures yet.”
He continued: “Therefore, there must be an official and clear withdrawal of all these statements, otherwise we will take them absolutely seriously and work to evaluate all the options available to us.. It is unacceptable to make such statements that we heard yesterday, this is defamation once morest the team, once morest the brands, and once morest Formula 1 Itself”.
What do we know so far regarding reports of Red Bull over budget constraints during the 2021 season?
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