Mercedes Boss Warns Red Bull & Max Verstappen of Past, Present and Future Titles Over Budget Cap Drama: “This Is A Cascade”

Mercedes and Red Bull have been entangled in the struggle for F1 supremacy for a while now. However, it seems that Red Bull has carved an unfair advantage that, according to Toto Wolff, will have a cascading effect.

The FIA introduced the cost cap regulations in 2021 in hopes that it would lead to closer competition. Nevertheless, Red Bull has allegedly cheated the system. According to Toto Wolff, he expects the FIA to take a very dim view of Red Bull’s financial transgressions.

While speaking to Sky, Wolff said, “The decisive thing is: If you were over it in 2021, then of course you were over it in 2022 and have an advantage for 2023. And then something was homologated that will be used in the coming year.”

“It’s a cascade that really happens every three World Cups ratings.” (translated via Google).

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It is not uncommon in F1 for teams to play the political game. Hence, it should not come as a surprise if Mercedes try to shed more and more light on the matter. However, on the flip side, Christian Horner claims that the team is completely unaware of any such breach.

Amid accusations, Red Bull boss Christian Horner denies being “aware” of any cost cap breach

Toto Wolff went on to offense ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix. As soon as the news broke out, the Austrian demanded an investigation and strict consequences.

However, the alleged culprits, Red Bull, have categorically denied knowing anything about this supposed breach. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said, “We are certainly not aware of any (breaches).”

He then went on to explain the whole process. “The accounts were all submitted way back in March, so it’s been a long process with the FIA going through, and we are in that process as we speak.”

He also maintained that Red Bull had not crossed the cost cap limit imposed by the FIA. “Certainly our submission was below the cap and it’s down to the FIA to follow their process, which they are currently doing.”

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If the Milton-Keynes outfit is found to be in breach of the cost cap regulations in 2021, should that have an effect on the 2021 WDC results?