F1: Sauber Slams Red Bull Over Cost-Cutting

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F1: Sauber Slams Red Bull Over Cost-Cutting

Rival team boss Peter Sauber is irked by Red Bull's apparent unwillingness to embrace cost-cutting measures...

SPEED Staff / GMM | Posted May 27, 2012 GMM Newswire

Team boss Peter Sauber is looking forward to a new season. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Sauber has hit out at Red Bull over cost-cutting in Formula One.

It is believed that every team in pitlane except Red Bull — and satellite Toro Rosso — is keen for the FIA to intervene, enshrining cost-cutting and policing in the official regulations in one form or another.

But Red Bull's Christian Horner claims to have not even read a recent letter to FIA president Jean Todt that was signed by 10 of the 12 teams.

"In this sport, foresight is important whenever it is possible," Peter Sauber is quoted by Germany's Sport1.

"One should always think outside the box — or should I say outside the drinks can?" said the Swiss, in an obvious dig at energy drink maker Red Bull.

"In some cases, people don't care whether Formula One is even here in 10 years," the 68-year-old charged.

Monisha Kaltenborn, Sauber's chief executive and one third owner, agrees with her boss that the most financially powerful teams need to be responsible.

"Formula One is not just four teams," she insisted. "For us, it is not just the core business, it is the only business — we are not here to sell another product."

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