F1 News: Red Bull Advisor Calls For Cost Cap Rules To Be "Sharpened" As RB17 Project Questioned - "How Do You Separate That?"

Helmut Marko has spoken out on the cost cap rules which are "too much interpretation and not enough facts."

Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko has predicted that "three teams are possibly over" the cost cap for 2022 and has called for the budget rules to be "sharpened" amid questions over their RB17 project.

The FIA is currently reviewing the budgets for 2022; even though the process is ongoing, rumours of breaches have emerged. Fuelling the speculation, Marko claims that three teams could have gone over the budget. 

During an interview with Motorsport-Total.com, Marko comments:

"There should be three teams that are possibly over it."

Red Bull infamously exceeded the cost cap during the 2021 season and were slapped with a $7 million fine and a 10% reduction in wind tunnel, although many believe this punishment was not enough to deter teams from going over the budget. 

It is currently unknown which teams are being investigated further. However, it is thought that Red Bull's RB17 project is being looking into, which was a supercar concept designed by Adrian Newey.

Marko went on to explain that the cost cap needs to be clarified as the Austrian team has employees who are "shared" between both projects. He commented:

"There were people who worked partly there, partly there. How do you separate that? That's also a procedure.

"The whole cost cap is still too much interpretation and not enough facts. That's why there are discussions and that needs to be sharpened."

The difficulty with the 'loophole' is that those employees can learn from those projects and apply it to the F1 cars bypassing the cost cap budget. 

We are yet to receive any confirmation from the FIA or Formula One over any breaches from the 2022 season.