Red Bull Closes The Chapter on The RB18 While Toto Wolff Threatens Rebellion Against Them And The FIA

Red Bull has a world of misery ahead of them if the FIA decides to take strict action against them for breaching the 2021 cost cap. However, with the season in terms of silverware done and dusted, the Milton-Keynes-based team has decided to take a conservative approach for the rest of the 2022 F1 season.

Formula 1 is a sport that has a lot of research and development going on in the background. However, with the cost cap fiasco lurking and Verstappen’s title victory at the Japanese Grand Prix, Red Bull are not going to introduce any more upgrades on the RB18.

According to Rob Marshall, Adrian Newey’s right-hand man, RB18’s development cycle is over. “There are still some minimal things to do, but there will be no major updates from now to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.” (translated via Google Translate).

He went on to explain why this is the case. “If you take it to Abu Dhabi, you give your competitors an indication of what we could bring for 2023. In short, there are many factors that come into play in the decision-making process when you have to think about bringing development at the end of the season.”

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Red Bull might have eased on the development side of things for 2022. However, the heat is still on from their rivals with respect to the minor cost cap breach that was unearthed by the FIA against the Milton Keynes-based outfit.

Toto Wolff threatens Red Bull with overspending if the FIA fails to punish them

Red Bull were found to be in breach of the cost cap regulations by the FIA. However, what sort of punishment is to be dished out by the governing body of the sport against Red Bull is still to be decided. Toto Wolff has threatened to rebel if the FIA doesn’t take grim action against its rival.

Wolff said, “If Red Bull had overspent by two million, they could close the matter by paying the FIA five times, therefore ten million.”

But he is in the mood to go rebel if the FIA takes the matter lightly. “And in any case it would not be fair because it would sanction the right to cheat by paying a fine. Mercedes have already talked about it and, if this were really the point of failure, Mercedes is ready to plan extra budget and related fine to recover performance and return to the top.”

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Will the FIA punish Red Bull appropriately?