FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem is reportedly contemplating dropping the associated fee cap from Method 1 laws after saying he doesn’t see the “level” of getting it.
F1 imposed an annual value cap at first of the 2021 season, limiting groups from spending greater than $135 million a yr (relying upon elements resembling inflation and size of the calendar) in a bid to degree the taking part in area.
Nevertheless, monitoring and policing the associated fee cap is each a time-consuming and costly affair, with sure gadgets – together with driver salaries – not being included below the associated fee cap.
Groups have needed to rent further administrative workers to make sure they continue to be below the restrict, whereas the FIA has needed to allocate a devoted group to test whether or not the groups are complying with it.
FIA think about scrapping value cap
This has led Ben Sulayem to query the necessity for a finances cap in F1, saying it has been a supply of “headache” for the FIA.
“I’m trying on the value cap and it’s simply giving the FIA a headache. So what’s the purpose of it?,” he was quoted by the Related Press.
“I don’t see the purpose. I actually don’t.”
Within the Miami GP, McLaren group principal Zak Brown stated that any group making an accusation towards a rival needs to be obliged to lodge a protest and deposit cash towards it.
It adopted Brown utilizing a water bottle with a ‘tire water’ label in Miami as a manner of poking enjoyable at Crimson Bull for accusing McLaren of utilizing water to chill down tyres.
F1 groups already should deposit €2000 with the FIA after they file a protest, however Brown desires to discourage groups from airing baseless accusations in public.
FIA president Ben Sulayem agreed with Brown’s proposal saying: “You can not simply accuse somebody and not using a written grievance, and that protest, it’s important to pay cash.”
The Emirati additional recommended $50,000 as a possible charge for such feedback and protests.
