Binotto says FIA must enforce F1 budget cap this season
Mar.30 - Mattia Binotto says Formula 1 needs to ensure that top teams are sticking with the budget cap rules.
After the opening two grands prix of the new rules era, it is clear that another new title duel is brewing up - this time between Red Bull and Ferrari while Mercedes tries to claw back an early disadvantage.
"These new cars are still early in their development," former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher told Sky Deutschland.
"I think Ferrari are the furthest along at the moment, but Red Bull is a master at making a car faster over the course of a season.
"Ferrari has to counter that, otherwise it will be difficult with the title. But I think they know that," said the German.
Part of Ferrari team boss Binotto's countering of the Red Bull and Mercedes threat is to wave a red flag about how F1 intends to enforce the teams' $140 million budget limits.
"It will influence the pace of development," he told Corriere della Sera newspaper.
"I think it's a key element and my concern is that we need to make sure that we have proper control over that. It may be, let me say, a game-changer in the development fight," the Italian added.
F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali agrees that "financial control" is an important role for the FIA, with the Paris-based federation currently "equipping itself to be even more robust in its role as a watchdog".
Binotto said Ferrari is taking the budget cap provisions very seriously as it charges for its first world championship since 2008.
"Every development will be important, but with the budget cap you can't spend everything right away," he said.
The Italian also acknowledged Red Bull and Mercedes' much more recent practice in developing a car for a title challenge.
"It is true that our competitors are very strong in this area, whereas as Ferrari the last two opportunities we had were in 2017 and 2018, and we lost some ground because of development," said Binotto.
"Since then, we have improved our tools, the wind tunnel, the methodologies, the process and the simulator. I think that today we are much better prepared than in the past to do the right job also in development.
"We now have a budget cap that will influence the pace of development, and I think that's a key point. My concern is that we need to make sure we have the right policy on this," he added.
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As far as I understood it , Teams were taking the piss and providing every little receipt to the Fia, in order to slow/f88k up the process , and so the Fia said, ok you've got a budget cap , now be nice people and don't go over it--self regulation ,yeah that always works
From my view it will impossible to enforce the budget cap. I think it will all come down to sportsmanship...?
I am no forensic accountant, but with OEMs and huge conglom's involved how do you police what $$$ are spent from what account? If someone can give me a simple explanation, please do.
you cant...... that was sorta my point, the mafia in Italy know when the fia are arriving and just reset the hours counter on the test beds...simple
I can so see the 2022 wdc being decided in the office of an expensive accountancy firm, lets just hope Masi doesn't work there.
Do you think bonos got his engines mixed up where as sir Lulu's got G. Russells & russells got sir Lulu's special power train.
More likely that after 7 yrs of having a far superior car Sir Lewie has forgotten how to set up a new car. Perhaps Georgie Boy can give him some tips, or maybe just quit now and avoid future embarrassment.
If I remember rightly sir Lulu was going to ask GRUSS How he sets his car up there must be something wrong with him don't you agree,, firstly he doesn't know the points system & now the master cant set his own car up.
If i was George Id tell him feck all....
Seems incredible to me that in this technological age mere humans have to set the car up at all, or is the problem that too much faith is put in computers.
OR
Maybe when Sir’s so far behind he can’t beat Ferrari then the setup will miraculously come right and he will be able to demonstrate that he is the best driver in the world ever, as we all know really.
Your OR is a Jaxdream, Blo'. Two aspirin and take a nap.
Looks like the chuckle brothers are a new recruit
Id tend to agree, although some Merchamster fans wouldn't , the Mercs had that much of an advantage , pretty much all Hammy Had to do was turn stick it on pole and off in the distance
No matter how much bull he gives us about being at the factory, yeah on feckin zoom , hes said on more than ome occasion he hates sim work, well maybe its back to bite the blessed one as you say Ror
You are beastly to Sir you know he’s the best and you love him really.
Oh and your grammar etc stinks 😷.
It's not Shrop's grammar, it's his etc that stinks. :)
I hate in-season off weeks. I'm with Liberty, 40 races and a few weeks off over Christmas would be ideal.
That statement makes VB appear even worse than he was against LH
Look out for the Australian gp mercedes have a new wing or one that might be botched, but you never know it maybe just what they need to get back up to the front. Australian gp could have 3 or 4 or 5 cars battleling it out at the sharp end. Can't wait.
Not 6?
Could be six even better. 😜
RoR I like your thinking but that would play havoc with the spending cap
So
How about only one car per team with two drivers having to change at every pit stop and a five second penalty for stopping under safety car or yellow flag. Oh and a LeMans type start and a ladies race on Boxing Day oh and televised previews you know little snippets of the action to come.
Revenue would be through the roof,half the cars, half pay for drivers, half the mechanics and ten times the audience. No don’t thank me I know i’m Brilliant
LOL!!!!!
Ps last lap in pedal cars.
Pps no drs in pedal cars. F1 has got far to up itself.
& they do like they did last year.
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