Formula 1 should not adjust the upper cost limit for crashes – Steiner | F1

F1’s new budget cap of $ 145 million has been put to the test after Red Bull saw its cars fail in the past two races.

Max Verstappen was knocked out by Lewis Hamilton on the first lap of the British Grand Prix, while Valtteri Bottas rammed Lando Norris in the back on the run to Turn 1 and promoted the McLaren driver into the Red Bull pair.

After every race, Christian Horner vented his frustration at how much these incidents were putting the team under financially.

“It’s enormously frustrating and obviously brutally below the cost ceiling again,” said Horner in Hungary. “It affirms that if you have an incident that is not yours, you are paying a substantial price.

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“That is not budgeted and in my opinion needs to be examined more closely by the FIA.”

Steiner contradicts Horner’s opinion.

“No. I think we have to live with that, we have to budget for that,” added Steiner. “We have to be flexible enough.

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“It’s good management because if we suddenly have fewer crashes, do we bring it back down to match the number of crashes we’ve had?

“I think it’s part of racing and it will be part of how much risk you take in a race and whatever you do.

“I think it’s part of the race against the accidents. You can’t adjust the budget or regulation how many crashes you have because I feel like no change is needed in this case. “