Jacques Villeneuve agreed with Christian Horner's assessment that Red Bull's 2021 overspend was "not cheating", and called for the FIA to make a change to the fine that was handed out.
In early October, the sport's governing body said Red Bull were the only team who breached the budget cap last season. More than two weeks later, fans finally found out that the overspend was £1.8m, which came down to £432k – or 0.37% of the cap – once a tax credit was applied.
As punishment, the team agreed to accept a fine of £6m while also losing losing 10% of its aerodynamic testing time over the next 12 months for breaking the rules. In a press conference a couple of hours after, team principal Horner described the penalty as "draconian".
