Red Bull's engineering chief explains what the cost cap has changed for the World Champions. F1
Red Bull must maintain an all-new mindset for seeking performance or risk their Formula 1 dominance, the World Champions’ engineering chief has admitted.
The implementation of a $145 million cost cap in 2021 and a subsequent set of brand new technical regulations marked a new era for F1, piling pressure on teams. Red Bull adapted best, but glory came at a price. Max Verstappen cantered to the Drivers’ title in 2022 to secure consecutive championships with a record 15 wins. Then the FIA found Red Bull to have overspent by $2.2million , albeit not by design, during 2021 and punished the Austrian team with a $7 million fine and development restrictions via a 10 per cent reduction in wind tunnel time.
Red Bull will now be limited to 202 wind tunnel tests, compared to Ferrari’s 240 and Mercedes’ 256. With the budget cap falling to $135 million for 2023, the defending champions face an uphill battle to maintain their technical superiority – after the RB18 became one of the most dominant F1 machines of all-time.“Before we could look at aspects that might have been bigger changes and cost us more money, and we were in an enormously privileged position to be able to consider doing it.
“That’s changed tack a little bit. So our engineering discipline has changed to adapt to those rules. What we’ve taken on in previous years, we just can’t take on now.”Red Bull reportedly made 154 staff members redundantDespite the RB18’s supremacy, Monaghan revealed there was “a little bit of performance” they had to forgo on the 2022 car to stay inside the budget limits.
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