Christian Horner demands apology from rival F1 teams after FIA discredits cheat claims

Christian Horner says some of Red Bull's rivals would still have complained even if the FIA ordered the torching of the team's wind tunnel.

The FIA's penalty for the $2 million budget cap breach of 2021, negotiated in agreement with the world champions, has finally been revealed.

Red Bull must pay a $7 million fine and suffer a further 10% reduction in wind tunnel development time for the next twelve months.

As was already reported, the top line of the breach was for "catering services".

"Red Bull has always had good food for free," team boss Horner insisted.

"That means that every one of you who has had a water or a coffee at Milton Keynes over the past 12 months played a part in crossing the line."

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Arguments were not considered

Dr Helmut Marko told Sky Deutschland: "Unfortunately, many of our arguments were not taken into account.

"There were rule changes at very short notice, and tax credits were not properly taken into account. Perhaps the FIA wanted to make an example of us because the rules are still very new.

"The sporting penalty is tough, but it's just about at the limit where we still believe we can be competitive in the years to come."

McLaren boss Andreas Seidl insists he didn't see Horner's press conference on Friday because he doesn't "care", but he also told Sky Italia: "I'm a bit tired of listening to Red Bull's fairytales."

Mercedes' Toto Wolff agreed: "We also have a canteen and sick leave. The reasoning is not correct, and at the end of the day, the explanations are superfluous.

"Nine teams were below, one was above, and the one is now telling stories about it."

Ferrari deputy boss Laurent Mekies agrees: "We cannot be