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Originally Posted by Mark Petch
Johno.
F1 is flat out "cheque book" racing and even the majority of the teams can't sustain the cost's, hence the moves to try to reduce costs by the use of some control parts in the future, amongst a spending cap etc.
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The F1 cost cap is only window dressing as the cap is set above the existing budgets of the second tier teams and together with the a list of exclusions longer than my arm the top teams will continue to spend significantly more than the second tier teams.
On a positive note it is at least an acknowledgement that the cost for the smaller teams is not sustainable.
It has always appeared that the top teams have rejected cost caps because they always believe that they will be able to secure the funds to maintain an edge over the other teams.
Why would a Mercedes willing give up this advantage? They want to be racing and beating Ferrari, not Racing Point. There is little in it for Mercedes to be brought back to the level of Racing Point or have Racing Point being brought up to their level.
In Supercars a cost cap was proposed and rejected - times were good and the top teams did not want to give up their spending advantage.
However times have clearly changed and maybe some form of cap will be introduced but I remain sceptical.