Red Bull is 'surprised and disappointed' by outcome of FIA investigation

Red Bull Racing has now reacted to the results of the FIA 's investigation into all the documents the Austrian racing stable has had to hand in. The team led by Christian Horner and Helmut Marko has reacted somewhat surprised to the findings brought out by the governing body.

According to the FIA, Red Bull would have committed a minor infringement, meaning that the team was less than five per cent above the budget ceiling. Less than five per cent, incidentally, equals seven million dollars. However, the Milton Keynes-based racing stable revealed in a statement that the amounts in the report they submitted to the FIA did not exceed the budget cap.

"We note the findings by the FIA of 'minor overspend breaches of the Financial regulations' with surprise and disappointment. Our 2021 submission was below the cost cap limit, so we need to carefully review the FIA's findings as our belief remains that the relevant costs are under the 2021 cost cap amount. Despite the conjecture and positioning of others, there is of course a process under the regulations with the FIA which we will respectfully follow while we consider all the options available to us" it reads.

Red Bull is going to take the time to study the FIA's report in the coming period and will then likely return to the FIA with a set of questions. What the next course of action will then look like is anyone's guess.