Sat on a white leather settee, fielding questions from the media, Christian Horner was in mischievous mood ahead of the first Grand Prix of the Formula 1 season.
"It's great to see the fine being applied so well," smiled the Red Bull team principal. "We've got a new couch and Tom [Clarkson, the press conference moderator] has got a new suit... it's great to see the funding into the FIA being spent so effectively."
Horner's sarcasm was referring to the £6m fine paid by his team for a breach of the 2021 F1 cost cap. The financial punishment was accompanied by a wind-tunnel sanction, reducing their time in that key testing department by 10 percent.
