Mohammed, I will irrigate It is known for making decisions or making controversial statements. This time it has not been different: in an interview with Associated Press after the Miami Grand Prix, the president of the FIA questioned the current Financial Regulation of Formula 1.
Ben Sulayem said the following: “I look at the expense limit and it is nothing more than a headache for the FIA. What is the point? I don’t see meaning. I really don’t see it. “
He did not explain how Ben Sulayem had arrived at this assessment. However, their statements occurred in the context of a current debate in Formula 1: if a team “denounces” another and, therefore, presents a formal complaint, should the team in question be paid a rate for this complaint or not?
McLaren wants to stop the “meaningless” complaints
The head of the McLaren team, Zak Brownhe is in favor of this measure: “Teams have always accused others of something. And this is a serious matter.”
“There is already an adequate way to present a protest in Formula 1. It can be done after a race, formally and indicating where the protest comes from. You also have to pay a rate.”
“And I think we should extend this procedure to any formal complaint, because that way would end the insinuations that actually intend to distract. If you have to put your complaint in writing and pay a rate, of a stroke we would end all the meaningless complaints that exist in Formula 1 and that are not especially sports.”
“And if someone discovers a technical problem, of course it should be allowed to take measures in this regard. They should file a complaint in writing and pay for it. And if the accusation turns out to be false, it should be compensated with the limit of expenses. Thus would end the meaningless accusations,” he said.
The president of the FIA, Ben Sulayem, seems to be on the same wave as McLaren’s head, Brown. In the same interview with APhe said that “would analyze” the American proposal.
The cost limit in Formula 1 exists since 2021
By the way, the budgetary stop in Formula 1 is not new: it was already introduced for the 2021 season, so it is still A legacy of the era of Jean Todt as president of the FIA.
With the current budget limit, each team has a certain amount of money per year. In 2025, it will be about 125 million euros. However, not all expenses of a Formula 1 team are really subject to the expense limit. The salaries of pilots or employees who are better paid are excluded, as are the marketing budget, for example.
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