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Old 17 Sep 2013, 11:03 (Ref:3305143)   #1
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FIA to get tough with cost-cutting (again)

Or: Not actually another driver thread.

It's FIA President election time! Todt already has his gloves off and threatens to punch well above his weight (and height) with yet more plans to cut costs for F1 teams.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/109830

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/109923

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Old 17 Sep 2013, 12:42 (Ref:3305206)   #2
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Brief and to-the-point thoughts:

RRA is a load of tosh. Asking the teams to check their own spending is like asking Spanish politicians to be in charge of stopping their own corruption (or asking Clegg or Cameron to do something honest and decent).

I'd favour a budget cap including the drivers' salaries. Why should they be excluded?
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Old 17 Sep 2013, 12:50 (Ref:3305214)   #3
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And to help cut costs we have new engines and regs next year . I agree about RRA , would be like letting our MP's control their own expenses .
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Old 17 Sep 2013, 13:51 (Ref:3305233)   #4
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Something has to be done. I know rumours are rumours, but how many of the current crop of teams are supposed to be struggling if you believe the media?

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Last year, all but two teams were in favour of the FIA policing a chassis RRA, but the governing body did not want to implement it without unanimous support.
As if you are ever going to get all 11 teams to agree to something so radical. 9 out of 11 should have been good enough to push this through.

It's Maruissa and Caterham (and HRT) that I feel sorry for. They put together their F1 entries on the back of all teams supposedly slashing budgets etc. a few years ago. The goalposts move, as if it is not difficult enough as it is to design and put together a competitive car/team from scratch.
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Something along the lines of a policed budget cap is entirely possible. Forensic accountancy actually works very well, particularly if the penalty for transgression is high enough.
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Old 17 Sep 2013, 19:28 (Ref:3305377)   #6
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Like Raikkonen back at Ferrari, it might work !
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Like Raikkonen back at Ferrari, it might work !
It is a must at this stage.
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