Feud erupts as Red Bull takes aim at bitter rivals

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Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko has questioned the impartiality of the FIA's policing of Formula 1's outgo cap, pointing the digit astatine rivals Mercedes.

Red Bull was deed with a good of $11 cardinal for exceeding the 2021 spending bounds by astir $3.3 million. The full outgo headdress was $230 million.

Max Verstappen was crowned satellite champion for the archetypal clip astatine the last contention of the season, aft an aggravated and arguable conflict with Mercedes operator Lewis Hamilton.

Marko seemingly took purpose astatine Shaila-Ann Rao, a erstwhile peculiar advisor to Mercedes brag who is present the interim secretary-general for motorsport astatine the FIA, which is the governing assemblage for Formula 1.

"It's strange: an worker of Mercedes moved to the FIA, worked connected these documents for the outgo headdress astatine Mercedes and was past liable for checking them astatine the FIA," Marko told German TV web RTL.

"In our opinion, determination is surely a compliance usurpation oregon astatine slightest an denotation of compliance violations. The full happening doesn't marque a bully impression."

It's not the archetypal clip Rao's caller relation has caused hostility successful the Formula 1 paddock. In June, Red Bull brag Christian Horner accused Mercedes of receiving wrong accusation from the FIA successful narration to a method directive that was issued to lick the contented of porpoising, wherever the car bounces up and down astatine precocious speed.

At the time, Ferrari brag Mattia Binotto described Rao's assignment arsenic "a concern."

Marko besides suggested the punishment imposed connected Red Bull was implicit the top.

"Because the outgo headdress was applied for the archetypal time, this draconian punishment was imposed here, of people besides nether unit from the different teams," helium said.

"After all, accusation went retired successful beforehand that we didn't have, that really lone 1 squad had. Of course, there's a batch of authorities involved.

"I'm convinced that this volition go overmuch clearer successful the adjacent fewer years. We are hiring much accountants to person the indispensable information here."

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