Did Adrian Newey’s salary cause Red Bull to breach F1 cost cap?
The FIA found Red Bull in “minor” breach of exceeding the 2021 seasonꦿ budget of $145m - meaning their overspend ꩲwas less than $7.25m.
The three highest-earning members of an F1 team do not count within the cost cap but Ziggo S𒅌ports in the Netherlands report that Newey’s employmenꦚt with Red Bull is a grey area.
"It probably has to do with Adrian Newey,” theꦓ report claims. ♏“Newey is one of the top three earners in the team and the debate is over whether Newey is a Red Bull employee or a name on loan through his own company.
"Red Bull says 'he is emplo𝔉yed by us' so he's not included in the budget cap because he's one of the three highest-paid names.
“The FIA said: 'No, he was hired through his company, so he comes from outside, so he should be incꦛluded in the budget cap’.”
Newey is the chief technical officer for Red Bull - the brains behind the RB18 which 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen drove to win the 2022 F1 championship.
Newey has won constructor’s championships with three teams and has designed cars for sev♑en driver’s champions.
The FIA are yet to decide on Red Bull’s punishment f🔯or breaching the cost cap.
It had previously been reported by Dutch media that “168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:free lunch” for staff at 🐠the team’s headquarters was ꧋to blame for the overspend.
James was a sports journalist aꦐt Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Ameri♏can sports, to football, to F1.
