Two-time F1 world champion Mika Häkkinen believes that Red Bull's cost cap breach and the negative publicity it has received will deter F1 teams from overspending in the future. Red Bull was found guilty of exceeding its mandatory 2021 $145 million budget cap by $1.8 million. While qualified as 'minor' by the FIA, the breach led to a $7 million financial penalty imposed on the team and to a sporting sanction represented by a 10% reduction in aerodynamic development hours. But the negative publicity generated by the saga and the public pounding received by Red Bull from its rivals has certainly eroded the Milton Keynes-based outfit's goodwill. And the latter is perhaps the repercussion...
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