Formula 1’s budget cap will arrive too late to close up the field when new technical regulations are introduced in 2021, Renault has warned.
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Wolff: Mercedes need to “price up” an F1 budget cap
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round up: Wolff says Mercedes would restructure for budget cap ● Le Mans pole position ● Dual motors set to be outlawed in Formula E
Analysis: Teams urged to back budget cap and prize money changes for 2021
2021 F1 season
Posted onF1’s commercial rights holder Liberty Media and the FIA are said to be “totally aligned” as they press teams to accept a drastic overhaul of the sport’s financial structure for 2021.
Abiteboul exclusive: Why a budget cap should be F1’s “number one priority”
RacingLines
Posted onIn the latest instalment of our monthly team principal interviews Renault F1 Sport managing director Cyril Abiteboul speaks exclusively to RaceFans.
F1 to increase planned budget cap to $200 million for 2021
2021 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 has revised its plans for the budget cap which will be introduced in 2019, setting a new ‘glide path’ which will start at $200 million.
F1 intends to introduce “soft” budget cap in 2019
2019 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 Management intends to introduce a budget cap in a series of stages, beginning with a “soft” cap which will come into force next year.
Why Liberty is talking standard parts, qualifying races – and delaying the budget cap
RacingLines
Posted onAt a meeting with F1 teams in Monaco, Liberty Media revealed more of its plans for the future of the sport, some of which are more likely to find favour than others.
Budget cap rows would be “worst case scenario” – Vasseur
F1 Fanatic Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Budget cap rows would be “worst case scenario” – Vasseur • McLaren pass crash test • Testing showed something had to change – McLaren
Mercedes would support budget cap “if it can be policed”
F1 Fanatic Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Mercedes would support budget cap “if it can be policed” • 2018 last chance for Raikonnen – Ferrari • F1 ‘can survive without Ferrari’ – Horner
Brawn confirms Liberty considering budget cap
F1 Fanatic Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Brawn confirms Liberty considering budget cap • McLaren change budget cap stance • F1 ‘needs to say “yes” more’
Financial doping: Why Liberty’s budget cap idea is doomed to fail
Comment
Posted onLiberty Media thinks a budget cap can solve F1’s income inequality. But a financial doping scandal is a much more likely outcome.
F1 faces new budget cap threat
F1 Fanatic Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: F1 faces new budget cap threat • Hamilton “felt disrespected” after Abu Dhabi • 2016 easier for Renault
Top teams still not convinced budget cap can work
2014 United States Grand Prix
Posted onTop teams remain sceptical over the viability of a budget cap because of the difficulty of enforcing it on their complex business structures.
Budget cap plan isn’t dead, smaller teams say
2014 F1 season
Posted onSeveral of F1’s smaller teams will continue to push for a cap on budgets as they believe it is the most effective way of controlling costs.
Todt scraps budget cap plans for 2015
F1 Fanatic Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Todt reveals cost cap plans to be dropped • Engine noise level set to increase • Honda and Ford could power newest additions to grid
Is a budget cap realistic for Formula One?
Debates and Polls
Posted onThe FIA is making a fresh attempt to impose a budget cap on Formula One. But is it a realistic plan?
Budget cap is ‘only way for F1 to survive’ – Gascoyne
F1 Fanatic round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Gascoyne says �300m budgets are “madness” ?���?� Ecclestone awaits “amusing” trial ?���?� Ferrari replace Colajanni
Budget cap still on F1 agenda as teams voice support
F1 Fanatic round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Teams voice support for budget cap ?���?� Kovalainen says Hamilton should stay at McLaren ?���?� Caterham and Mercedes ready Singapore updates
Ecclestone “would welcome” a budget cap
F1 Fanatic round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Bernie Ecclestone says a budget cap is a good idea for F1 but the top teams oppose it.
Budget cap architect Purnell leaves FIA
Posted onTony Purnell, who helped devise Max Mosley’s controversial budget cap plan, has left the FIA. Formerly a team principal at Jaguar, Purnell joined the FIA in 2006. Together with fellow technical consultant Peter Wright, Purnell was also involved in introducing 2009’s radical aerodynamic changes designed to aid overtaking. But the budget cap proposal proved more … Continue reading Budget cap architect Purnell leaves FIA