Red Bull He is the constructors’ world champion and max verstappen, world champion pilots. And they are once again top favorites for 2023, with the challenge that has been thrown at them ferrari and mercedes in this preseason. But Red Bull has a ‘problem’: its sanction with the simulator.
Dan Fallows, one of Aston Martin’s star signings this season, has stated that this will “affect” Red Bull: “This type of restriction on wind tunnel hours hurts. I think the restriction They will hurt them to a certain extent.”
In statements to ‘Race Fans’, he makes it clear that despite this possible drop, they are still the favourites: “Clearly they are in a very good position and very strong for this year”.
“They come from a very strong position with last year’s car. There are rule changes for this year, as we know, but they’re not huge,” Fallows explains.
“I think they have a lot of strength and a lot of experience with this set of rules. So I’m pretty sure that will minimize the impacts of that sanction“, sentence.
The punishment of Red Bull
The FIA punished Red Bull for breaching the spending ceiling in the 2021 season. The penalty was a fine of seven million euros and a 10% reduction in the development of the car and the use of the wind tunnel.
And that time in the wind tunnel is essential in order to obtain results on the car. And for this reason Fallows predicts that his performance could drop as of March 5 in Bahrain.
