Ferrari workforce principal Fred Vasseur has slammed the FIA and labelled Red Bull’s penalty final 12 months for breaching the price cap as a “big joke.”
Red Bull, who’ve received the drivers’ title within the final two years and are on observe to take action with Max Verstappen once more this 12 months, had been discovered responsible of a minor monetary overspend for 2021 and had been handed a £6m wonderful and docked 10 per cent of their automotive growth time.
However, the penalty has had little influence on Red Bull’s progress having received all 12 races to date this 12 months – and Christian Horner’s workforce have received 22 of the final 23 grands prix general.
Ex-Alfa Romeo chief Vasseur, who took over at Ferrari from Mattia Binotto earlier than the beginning of this season, insists the punishment ought to have been lots harsher on Red Bull.
“A penalty like last year really isn’t severe. If it should be necessary again, such a penalty should be much heavier,” the Frenchman told Italian outlet La Gazzetta dello Sport.
“You should remember the fact that a technical benefit will translate right into a sporting benefit. Therefore, the penalty must be sporting and never a wonderful.
“In soccer, should you use a hand, it’s a penalty… they don’t provide you with a [non-sporting] penalty.
“The deduction of 10 per cent wind tunnel time is an enormous joke. They have already executed many of the work by then.”
Verstappen is presently on a win-streak of eight as he cruises to his third world championship and may match Sebastian Vettel’s all-time document from 2013 of 9 with victory at his house race subsequent up in Zandvoort.
Ferrari, in the meantime, haven’t received a race since Austria final 12 months and are presently fourth within the Constructors’ Championship behind Red Bull, Mercedes and Aston Martin.
F1 returns after the summer time break subsequent week with the Dutch Grand Prix (25-27 August).