In Formula 1, the biggest stage of motor sports, the world champion has not changed. Max Verstappen, who won the Japanese Grand Prix, claimed his victory with four races left and lifted the championship trophy for the second time in a row.
The Dutch pilot, who marked the tracks in 2022, declared his victory by winning in Japan with 4 races left.
Verstappen, who won 12 of 18 races and cleared the gap with his rivals, became the 9th driver to have a championship double in Formula 1 history.
Budget review from the FIA
The FIA was expected to announce its 2021 spending figures in June, but this announcement has been delayed for a long time. After several months of delay, the financial reports of the teams have finally been released.
Allegations over the Singapore GP weekend were that the Red Bull and Aston Martin teams had exceeded the budget limit, but both teams denied these allegations.
In today’s announcement, it was officially announced that 9 teams complied with the $145 million budget limit in monetary terms, Aston Martin’s team violated the procedure, and Red Bull both violated the procedure and slightly overstepped.
In the statement made; It was announced that 7 Formula 1 teams, except Red Bull, Aston Martin and Williams, received their certificates of compliance with the budget rules without any problems.
The Williams team broke the rules for posting last year’s budget figures late, and the team was fined for it.
It was announced that Aston Martin could not get this certificate for violating the rules in the rules, while Red Bull was not able to get it due to both violation of the procedure and mild overspending.
The FIA considers Red Bull to have slightly exceeded the budget limit, although it confidently stated that it was below the budget limit in documents submitted last March.
In the F1 Financial Rules, it is stated that if the budget limit is violated at a minor level – 5% or less – the penalty for this can be reprimand, removal of teams or drivers’ championship points, ban from the race, aero test restriction.
Statement from Red Bull
“We are both surprised and disappointed by the FIA’s finding of a ‘minor breach of financial regulations’,” Red Bull said in a statement.
“The data we submitted in 2021 was below the budget cap. Therefore, we remain confident that the relevant costs are below the 2021 budget cap and therefore we need to carefully consider the FIA’s findings.”
“Despite the assumptions and judgments of others, there is an ongoing regulatory process with the FIA, and we will consider all options at our disposal while following this process respectfully.” it was said.