The McLaren team principal, Zak Brown, has demanded the FIA imposes serious sporting and financial punishments on Red Bull for their breach of Formula One’s budget cap.
In a letter to the sport’s governing body Brown insisted there should be hard-hitting action against what he described as “cheating”.
Brown wrote to the president of the FIA, Mohammed ben Sulayem, and to the F1 chief executive, Stefano Domenicali. The letter was also then circulated to the other teams who have not been found to be in breach of the cap.
Penalties the FIA could impose on Red Bull include financial sanctions or a potential deduction of points from drivers or team, which could have a material effect on the outcome of the 2021 world championship, won narrowly by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by eight points over Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.