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Originally Posted by Marbot
You're right. That is the question. But the FIA have said time and again that it's completely doable. You just and out huge penalties i.e. disqualification from championship for any transgressions.  A car company that is demonstrated to be fraudulent can lose a lot of business in no time at all. |
A car company also has a lot more financial clout to legally make the FIA eat it's words. Lets say that Mercedes and Ferrari are using clever accounting to overcome the limit. Who do you honestly think would win in a legal battle with the FIA vs Merc or Fiat in a corporate slander case? Also, who really thinks that the FIA would even consider ****ing off Ferrari, Mercedes or Renault given the engine situation in F1?
Budget caps are unworkable, as well as being totally against what F1 is about. Keep the poor people out of F1 IMHO. If you can't afford F1, there is always GP2, GP3, FR, FF etc.
F1 is the best of the best, not the people who need drivers to provide funding for an also ran ****ty car to so much as pay for tyres.
If you need a budget cap to be in F1, don't be in F1. End of...