Red Bull Could Be Fined €30,000 For F1 Snow Demo
A Formula 1 car sliding around a ski slope, 1600 metres above sea level, is far from a common sight and just getting it there proved to be a huge task for Red Bull Racing. But it seems the team forgot one thing – to get approval for the actual event.
Austrian newspaper Tiroler Tageszeitung reports that administrative proceedings have been filed against Red Bull because official approval for the demo run was not granted. Oops.
Toro Rosso F1 driver Max Verstappen tackled the well-known Streif ski course in Kitzbühel at the wheel of a Red Bull RB7, which was fitted with snow chains and studded tyres to cope with the unusual conditions.
He completed several drive-bys and donuts in front of 3500 fans as part of a promotional event for this year’s Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring. Red Bull never go the simple route, do they?
The RB7 was lifted by helicopter to ski slope on the Hahnenkamm mountain for the demonstration, which he described as “a bit scary”, but Kitzbühel director Michael Berger confirmed to the newspaper that Red Bull failed to get a permit to complete the run.
Approval must be given for driving any vehicle, from a normal car to a F1 machine, outside normal traffic or fenced areas. This is due to potential damage being caused to nature. Red Bull failed to gain approval and fines for such offences can go up to €30,000, although that is basically lunch money in the team’s budget.
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I seriously doubt they “forgot” to get approval. Hour many events do they do like this? Have they ever “forgot” before? Nope.
“Damage to nature” the car is literally sliding over frozen water… frozen water that in a month or two will be vanished anyway…
It’s probably the exhaust gases tht there worried about I guess
Or in the worst case scenario car flips off a mountain leaks race fuel and other harmful chemicals. Trust me in a mountain town you can’t get away with anything involving chemicals and the slight chance they get into the soil.
the permit is not only to race cars, is to any person that wants to drive outside of the normal areas…
I think they more meant danger of avalanche due to very loud noise than the actual damage to the nature. But that just my opinion
The police don’t care …
They can just send a guy up in a wingsuit for endorsement deals and that’ll take care of the fine
Austria, the least pleasant country in Europe. Seriously, if you need a permit to drive off-road? That’s the kind of rules you have in a dictatorship, not in a democracy which is based on freedom.
Don’t really think they care about $30000
Worth every penny.
REALLY?
i mean,
SERIOUSLY???????
Approval? You kiddin? Meh it’s just their reason to extorts money.
This could be part of their PR stunt. Just think we are talking about it and it only cost them 30k
30000€? Chump change