Stefano Domenicali, Formula 1’s CEO, believes that any infringement of the sport’s cost cap should be punished with a sporting penalty.
That means, and according to the FIA’s regulations, penalties may take the form of deductions of Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championship points, a reduction in the cost cap, suspension from grand prix sessions, reduction in aero testing time, and a public remand.
When Red Bull were deemed to have violated the 2021 F1 cost cap, the team was fined $7-Million and their wind tunnel time was reduced by 10% something all their rivals felts was too lenient. The fact that Red Bull are dominating the 2023 season despite their penalty is making other teams more bitter about it.
Stefano Domenicali called for the penalties applied for cost cap violations to be of a sporting nature; he told Motorsport.com: “I would like the penalty to be sporting in case of infringement, it is something we asked for very clearly.
“There are three regulations to be respected: sporting, technical and financial. Any infractions must be punished with sporting measures. You can’t go in other directions,” he added.
The 2021 F1 cost cap review took a long time to be finalized, especially with Red Bull being caught red handed, and it was not concluded until late in the season, October 2022 to be precise, and Domenicali would like for it to be faster.
“Control is in the hands of the FIA,” the Italian said. “Personally what I have asked is to anticipate as soon as possible the publication of the investigations made by the staff of the FIA.
“But I say this only because, in this way, it does not give rise to speculation and comments that are not good for anyone,” the former Ferrari Team Principal concluded.
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