Red Bull boss says FIA must lay down law on testing


Red Bull Formula One team principal Christian Horner checks the sky during the qualifying session of the Australian F1 Grand Prix at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne March 17, 2013. REUTERS/Brandon Malone

MILTON KEYNES (Reuters) - Formula One's governing body must lay down the law on testing because a punishment handed out to Mercedes last week was too lenient to deter rule-breakers, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said on Wednesday.

"They've deemed it illegal to test but the sanction for doing that test doesn't in our opinion fit the crime," he told Reuters in his office at the Red Bull factory in central England.

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