Red Bull might have crossed their budget in 2010 – Max Mosley
According to FIA’s former president Max Mosley, the FIA decided to decrease the amount of money each team is allowed to use per season. Red Bull might have crossed the line and used more money than they are allowed.
“The effect of the RRA agreement is minimal. That is the reason the teams agreed to it. At the last FOTA meeting last Thursday Red Bull asked for an exception. If that's true, that can only mean they spent more than they were allowed, now they're asking
for the (other) teams' okay,” he said.
It was during an interview with the media that Max talked about the RRA (Resource Restriction Agreement) and added that the RRA has been inefficient and they have proved that they cannot handle the teams as efficiently as the FIA thought they would.
If that happened, the FIA should take strict actions against Red Bull as it is quite obviously unjust for the rest of the teams and since Red Bull’s top rivals Ferrari and McLaren were restricted to use a specific amount of money, they were bound to produce
lesser upgrades than Red Bull.
“I am interested to know how their opponents are going to react. The only thing that will work is a budget limit. A bigger budget is like having a bigger engine,” said the former FIA president.
Mosley believes that since the RRA is not keeping a regular check on the team’s budgets, the organization is quite useless for the FIA.
“I'll give an example - the teams are limited to a certain number of employees, let's say 100. If I walk through the paddock with a lot of money, then I get the best 100 people. So you still have no chance against the rich teams,” he added.
Bigger teams have gotten away with such allegations without any action in the past and it’s about time the FIA realizes that this will create even bigger problems and inefficiency in the future. Even though these are just allegations, the FIA should at least
conduct a thorough inspection regarding this matter and hopefully come up with a verdict as soon as possible.
He added that since Jean Todt came into power as FIA’s president just this year, it is hard to judge what sort of a leader he is and it would take time to judge his decisions regarding the sport.
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