Mateschitz: RBR fourth in budget rank

Red Bull Racing has repeatedly denied rumours that it breached F1's Resource Restriction Agreement in 2010 - with the team due to submit its financial data to the Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA) at the end of this month.

In an interview with AUTOSPORT, Mateschitz says claims about overspending are wide of the mark - as he reckons at least three teams are spending more money than his outfit.

When asked about the overspend claims, Mateschitz said: "Let me explain this. There was a German journalist who looked into the British company register and counted everything he found together. By doing this he mixed up the spending of Red Bull Racing, Red Bull Technologies, and STR.

"It was a simple miscalculation and the amount was not correct. We are definitely behind Ferrari, McLaren, and Mercedes with our budget."

Mateschitz's claims about Red Bull Racing's finances come against the backdrop of another record-breaking year of sales for his energy drink - with the company shipping 4.24 billion cans of Red Bull in 2010, with a turnover of 3.8 billion Euros.