The millionaire cost of repairing Checo Pérez’s car after his brutal accident in Formula 1 in Monaco

The outcome of the brutal accident of Sergio Checo Pérez in Formula 1 it caused chills. The Mexican driver’s Red Bull was destroyed, but when he walked out under his own power everyone breathed in Monaco. This action that occurred in the first lap of the race had, in any case, important consequences for the Austrian team, which complained in the last hours of the millionaire cost that the car repair will have and how it could impact the limited budget it has for the season, which has already been the subject of investigation by the authorities of the highest category of world motorsport.

Red Bull cannot overcome financial limits and the annoyance extends to the Haas team, since not even the Dane Kevin Magnussen was sanctioned for his recklessness that led to the images that quickly went viral.

The FIA held It is difficult to determine who is entirely to blame or whether it is shared between the drivers, but everything indicates that the Dane put the nose of his car where he shouldn’t have.

Helmut MarkoRed Bull advisor, was forceful: “It is another accident in which Magnussen was involved. You have to see it well in the replays, thank God it ended well, but it was a very critical situation. I was surprised how quickly they put the incident behind them“. The former driver emphasized the string of controversies that the Danish driver has been involved in recently.

The fundamental point that must be taken into account in these cases is that a budget limit was implemented a few years ago. All teams competing in the championship have a financial limit of 125 million euros throughout the season. Accidents like the one Checo suffered brutally complicate the teams’ finances by having to spend large amounts of money on repairs.

“They are decisions that can hardly be influenced but in the first place it was dangerous and secondly The damages are two or three million euros. And that is a big handicap for us with the budget limit regulations,” he said. Marko, the Red Bull advisor. In case the Austrian is right, It would be one of the most expensive repairs in recent years.

Nicolas Hülkenberg He was hit by Pérez when he lost control of his car. “It was totally unnecessary, damn it”, declared the German driver of the Haas team. For his part, Magnussen jeopardized his participation in the next race in Canada due to the removal of points from his pilot’s license. This type of suspension It has not happened in Formula 1 since 2012 with Romain Grosjean.