AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Red Bull team boss Christian Horner denied his championship-winning team gained any competitive advantage by what has been deemed a “minor” breach of Formula One's spending rules, and called suggestions that it amounted to cheating “shocking.” Red Bull has been dogged by questions at the United States Grand Prix about driver Max Verstappen's championships last season and this year after F1's governing body revealed the team had a “minor” violation of the 2021 spending cap. But that could still amount to several million dollars and some teams and drivers have demanded harsh penalties to punish Red Bull and protect the integrity of the sport. McLaren chief executive Zak Brown wrote a letter to the FIA that didn't specifically name Red Bull, but said any overspending should be considered “cheating.” Horner and Brown sat next to each other for F1's weekend news conference, and Horner angrily complained that Red Bull had been put “on trial” even though few details of the spending violations have been released.
Horner says Red Bull cheating accusations are 'shocking'