Did You Overspend On This Also? Max Verstappen Receives Backlash for His New Golden Armor

Did You Overspend On This Also? Max Verstappen Receives Backlash for His New Golden Armor

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Did You Overspend On This Also Max Verstappen Receives Backlash for His New Golden Armor

Published 10/28/2022, 5:55 PM EDTBy Formula One F1 – United States Grand Prix – Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, U.S. – October 20, 2022 Red Bull’s Max Verstappen ahead of the United States Grand Prix REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo Amid Red Bull’s cost cap breach scandal, unstoppable Max Verstappen steered straight to his second Driver’s Championship title. And soon after, Red Bull won the Constructor’s Championship at the US Grand Prix last weekend. And to celebrate their double victory, Max Verstappen unveiled Red Bull’s new helmet design for the rest of the 2022 season. ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad ‘s new helmet comes with a golden sheen for their golden boy. The helmet exhibited by Verstappen is gold in color with white streaks as highlights. It is shiny, sleek, and resplendent like a golden crown to honor their supremacy as the new kings of the paddock. ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad However, F1 fans have not forgotten about the cost cap drama and are still smarting over it. In the wake of it, where Red Bull was fined and penalized mere hours ago, fans had a field day trolling the sheer ostentatiousness of the helmet. Did you overspend on this also? Titles will always be tainted now. Let’s just hope other teams don’t follow suit and start overspending knowing their won’t be any real punishment. — James Wilson (@jeemyw) The cheaters trying to deflect attention. Literally no shame! — Simon Appleby (@SimonAppleby1) What a bunch of abhorrent cheats who are have in their pocket. Utter shame. — Bernie Ecclescake (@BEighteenstone) No shame — FQ (@queenfq33) Red Bull: Gets done for breaching the cost cap.
Red Bull, a mere hour later: Look at how shiny this is. It's made of real, 24k gold. Probably. Maybe. — Megan Cantle (@megancantle99) A perfect choice for a — Unicorn? (@hamburgerh0tdog) the lack of self-awareness is astounding — lucy³ (@halfbloodamis) Max Verstappen had earlier worn golden shoes specially designed by Puma in tribute to his 2021 championship title. The golden helmet now only added insult to injury after the overspending drama by Red Bull. Gold helmet to go with the gold booties. Zero shame from the and (those are his two “titles”). This is what we’ve come to expect from Maxterisk and admitted cheats RBR… — Rob Myers (@RobLMyers) IT IS BEAUTIFUL, hope this won’t violate the cost cap — E (@escrp1) While some fans didn’t like the audacity of and Red Bull at all, others applauded the hilarity of the timing of the unveiling, which was right after the announcement of their cost cap penalty. Max revealing this just an hour and a half after the cost cap verdict is pure shithousery — Alex Williams (@SuperAlexKart) Max Verstappen dropping his new shiny gold helmet on the day the cost cap report drops is the absolute funniest time of an announcement ever — ??????? ?. (@SIra_92) But for the most part, even those who love the new helmet seem taken aback by Red Bull’s lack of self-awareness. They are either responding with shock and disgust or surprise and amusement. Is it lack of self-awareness that led to their ironically timed unveiling? Or was it a calculated acceptance of their situation to poke fun at it themselves?

Max Verstappen will retain his 2021 title as per FIA

Meanwhile, the very budget cap breach that caused the drama was finally resolved by the FIA mere hours before. The FIA confirmed the breach to be at about $2.2 million. Other F1 teams have been clamoring for action against the Red Bull team. However, the FIA finally reached an Accepted Breach Agreement with Red Bull that set down the terms for the . Accepted Breach Agreement between Red Bull Racing Team and the FIA for Breach of the 2021 FIA Formula One Financial Regulations — FIA (@fia) ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad The FIA announced on Friday morning in Mexico that the Milton Keynes team was fined $7 million. Additionally, there would also be a 10% reduction to their wind tunnel time going into 2023. As winners of the Constructors’ Championship, Red Bull already have less wind tunnel time than their rivals. A further reduction of 10 percent leaves them with just 202 wind tunnel runs. ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad WATCH THIS STORY: Does this mean Red Bull will have a tougher time reigning the paddock next season? Or is the penalty a mere slap on the wrist? Either way, no one can deny that Max Verstappen is the World Champion not once, but twice in a row.

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ADVERTISEMENT Subarna Banerjee 84 articlesSubarna Banerjee is a Formula 1 Author at EssentiallySports. Having completed her postgraduate in literature, she boasts a vast experience in the field of professional content writing. Harboring a soft corner for Charles Leclerc and Ferrari, she takes an avid Ravenclaw-like interest in the motorsports universe.Please enable JavaScript to view the ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT

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