Red Bull's offense is getting closer to procedural, not financial

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner met with FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem after the first F1 free practice session for the US GP. After the meeting, more details can be heard from the paddock about the offense allegedly committed by the Red Bull team, but it increasingly appears that it was a procedural error rather than a budget cap being exceeded.

The team from Milton Keynes is said to have exceeded the 145 million budget, which is said to be the fault of catering costs, expenses for sick leave, and the salary of Adrian Newey, and the complication is said to have occurred because the FIA ​​provided additional clarifications about what counts in the budget, issued only after Red Bull submitted financial data.

According to some unofficial information, the team exceeded the budget threshold by 1,8 million, which is still considered a minor offense according to the rules, and the team, whose financial report consisted of 75.000 lines, insists that the excess is also to blame for the complication with the refund of 1,4 million of the high amount of taxes paid.

The FIA ​​is said to have already sent the team a proposal for recognition of the offense before the meeting between Horner and Sulayem, which Red Bull refuses. If the parties do not reach an agreement, the case will go to the tribunal, where Red Bull will try to prove that it was not a financial offense, but a procedural error, of which the Aston Martin team is also guilty.