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FIA president suggests scrapping F1 budget cap

May 7 The FIA's controversial president has floated the idea of completely abandoning the budget cap in Formula 1. Not long ago, Mohammed Ben Sulayem dropped a bomb in the F1 paddock by suggesting that screaming V10 engines powered by sustainable fuel could be the sport's next move. But now, five years into the measure that was introduced by his predecessor Jean Todt in 2021, Ben Sulayem suggests the spending brakes should be released. 'I'm looking at the cost cap and it's just giving the FIA a headache,' he told AP News. 'So what's the point of it? 'I don't see the point. I really don't.' Although certain spending is excluded from the cap, it began at $145 million in 2021 and then...
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