The Daily Mail have reported that Red Bull claim team principal Christian Horner was only told of the budget cap breach an hour after Verstappen retained his world championship on Sunday. Red Bull have been found to have overspent on the £114m cap for 2021.
Horner and his colleagues have been left furious over the timing of the announcement. The dialogue between the two parties has remained minimal ever since.
Red Bull want the details of the charge made public so they can prove they did not overspend on performance-related matters. They instead believe the extra spend relates to catering, sick pay and gardening leave.
They contend the interpretation of the use of unused parts was changed on June 16, three months after they submitted their audited accounts. That came just over a fortnight after Rao left Mercedes.
