Red Bull Could Be Fined €30,000 For F1 Snow Demo

A fine of up to €30,000 could be coming Red Bull’s way, as its snowy ski slope F1 demo went ahead without approval
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.

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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?

Image source: Red Bull Content Pool
Image source: Red Bull Content Pool

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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Comments

Michael Rempel
01/20/2016 - 22:15 |
258 | 0

Where is this from?

01/21/2016 - 05:42 |
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I think it’s quite good. The money is nothing for Red Bull but that 30,000 will (hopefully) go back into the mountains.

01/22/2016 - 00:30 |
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Martin Bumaye

30.000 for RedBull is like nothing…

01/20/2016 - 22:17 |
130 | 0

They probably made that just selling food at the event

01/20/2016 - 22:55 |
68 | 0

They just made 30 grand while I’m writing this reply.

01/20/2016 - 23:57 |
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Delightful Citizen (Classic Truck Squad)

Money well spent!

01/20/2016 - 22:24 |
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Michel Huisman

Maybe they knew getting the permit would’ve taken too much time or maybe they would not get it anyway.. Then a 30k fine is nothing if you just think about the money they spend on a PR stunt like this..

01/20/2016 - 22:24 |
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Anonymous

Verstahpen stahp doingh doughnots on Kidsbile you crazy kid.

01/20/2016 - 22:32 |
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Billy Downham

#worth

01/20/2016 - 22:34 |
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Antiprius

In reply to by Sparks

‘Murica!

01/20/2016 - 22:44 |
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Mr.PurpleV12

People just can’t have fun, can they.

01/20/2016 - 22:36 |
86 | 0

There is one crazy guy in my area and sometimes he says some mind blowing things . One of them was “ Everything that brings fun ,is banned “.

01/21/2016 - 02:49 |
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Anonymous

this event was like directly by my front door (+40-50km), and I didn’t knew this? WHYYY?

01/20/2016 - 22:57 |
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Alex Dutton

Worth it though!

01/20/2016 - 23:02 |
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