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his responses to alleged budget breaches seemed, to me at least, very out of character. as always tho, im reading too much into sounds bites and loaded questions from the media. Last edited by chillibowl; 5 Oct 2022 at 19:03. |
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and as im ranting, i also dont like the idea of certificates of compliance. its a bit too pass/fail for my tastes. along the lines of lack of transparency in the sport (even tied into my thoughts on the publishing of driver salaries and/or driver payments to teams) but they should publish the amounts the teams have spent imo. of course wait until the numbers are finalized before making any announcements but if there is a cap they should make it clear who spent what as there is even value in knowing how much below the target amount the other 8 teams were. maybe they will share this info, the process is still new and i dont know what the certificates will say but its F1 so until they start addressing the lack of transparency, particularly when it comes to financial reporting, then im going to feel like they are undermining their own system. either way though, im still going to watch! |
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"And as far as we understand, there's a team in minor breach, which is more procedural, and another team that is fundamentally massively over and that is being still looked after. So that's an open secret in the paddock." |
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assuming that was the only thing he has said on the matter then yes...still over the top imo.
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That seems like a perfectly reasonable statement from Toto tbh.
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All he's doing is saying what is being spoken openly by all the teams in the paddock, i.e, his opposite numbers in the other teams. And, if all that he said as is quoted above, he hasn't mentioned any potential team names. The naming appears to be be journalists/reporters who are possibly just speculating! |
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Seriously though, for my part I did not like it last year when Horner was calling Lewis out for trying to kill Max and I dislike Toto’s accusations of cheating before the process has even been completed. I would like to see more civility and less inflammatory comments from the team principles at least. Imo both need a serious time out! |
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They're all as bad as each other on this stuff though - all happy to throw a bit of mud or alternatively play the victim. I liked Ted's take on it in his post-race notebook from Singapore - described it all as a "Drive to Survive" storm - suggesting a storm in a teacup beat up for Netflix. We'll all know next week where the actual facts sit - but no doubt there'll be more conjecture and maybe posturing / accusing in Japan this weekend. |
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The context and order of comments is important here.
Firstly, let's assume Toto had the open secret and was informed that RB had breached the cap by a minor figure. The media mentioned RB first, in a direct question to Toto about them being over the cap. They asked Toto about Horner claiming RB were under. Toto replied that Horner should speak to his CFO. He then went on to state that one time had a minor breach, and one team a major breach. The press, fans and Horner then all jumped on Toto's comments as being an attack on RB. IF RB have breached the cap by $1, then nothing Toto has said is incorrect, or deflammatory [sic]. |
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So RBR overspend was "within margin of error" , depends on how you count deduct offset etc. If a team is allowed to spend 140, but only spend 139 then they are leaving something on the table..
We expect drivers to drive at 10 10ths (hmm I might start a website..) we expect the pit crew engineers designers to push the limit of whats possible, so we should expect the bean counters to push it to the line. And like a driver going just a few mm over track limit and get the flag, the accountants over spent on pencils and computers. No one will call it great management if the team prince says "we came close second, but had 10 mil to spare at years end." If you have 10 million in the kitty, spend $9,999,999.99 on improvement somewhere, and come first. But then an auditor says... no you cant deduct that expense, or you miscounted or similar.. so now your a shade over. To me what is clear is that Toto must be a Soccer fan. Falls to the ground and screams if someone even finger-tip touches him, in hope for a penalty or to derail other teams work |
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if ( ammountSpend > ammountAllowedToSpend ) { log("You cheated") } else { log ("You didn't cheat") } If the best argument for not being able to maths is they were too busy trying to fiddle the books and didn't get it right, then you should get 2 penalties - 1 for cheating, and 1 for being **** at it. Numbers don't have grey areas. Unless you create grey areas for them to live in. |
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For just one, quite simple, example, the FIA prescribe a value to a free or subsidised engine deal - but are all such works deals identical, in terms of spares, service or extras. One team could be showing much lower figures than another for essentially the same thing. Also, for constructors supplying engines or controlled parts to other teams, how are the turnover and profit from those deals judged when considering the originators budget. What happens when you, who by law has to operate in GBP for example, contracts to buy supplies in EUR and the exchange rate fluctuates? Or customs duties change? There are endless examples like this. The cap was brought in to drive down budgets. It has done this. Everybody involved knew all along there were going to be massive arguments. It's no surprise. |
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Numbers are absolutes. It's people fiddling them about that makes it difficult. By saying "it's more complicated than that" all we're doing is making excuses for teams not doing things correctly. This is literally where the term creative accountancy comes from. And saying "this is what we expected, it's no surprise" is such an F1 excuse. "We expected the bad thing to happen so its alright". |
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I do not know much about accounting practices however I do hope this is not becoming the norm where teams try to justify expenses through different accounting techniques and processes every year.
Maybe this being the first year is difficult but maybe from this they can standardise processes so everybody works to the same understanding But let's wait and see until Monday. On MWM they said on Monday they will give out the certificates to the teams that have met the cap. So any team that has not will go to evaluation or court or whatever - so this might drag out for a few more months. Maybe we will have 2023 WDC sorted by the time this is through haha |
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It wouldn’t surprise me if Red Bull have found an interpretation of a cost clause which they have successfully argued is legit (like “any” not meaning “all”) but which other teams avoided because they believed the interpretation would be different. That would make Wolff furious. I think he is a very good chief exec but I don’t think he is very imaginative.
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I think this binary idea of "cheat" or "no cheat" is purely a fan creation and a game that the fans play (I do as well). We can probably say that whatever is going on with the 2021 financial certifications sits somewhere between Lewis' nose jewelry infractions and Spygate. If rumors (minor infractions per the regulations) prove to be true, the anticipated penalties are generally defined and the outcome should fit within a specific framework. Of which I think the larger issue will be more around the PR side (embarrassment and/or need to do damage control/spin). If we want to just use the "cheat" or "no cheat" label for any an all infractions, then no doubt everyone is guilty of something. Everyone is a cheater! Lewis' above mentioned jewelry infraction as one example. Richard |
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The financials of any large organisation are very complex and it gets to the stage where it boils down to negotiation between the company, the auditors and the relevant tax office as to how much tax to pay. If they try to pin it down to the last few hundred thousand dollars every time people would be tied up in knots for years trying to work it out. The cost cap will be no different for a few years to come as both sides work out what is and isn't covered. |
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"Everyone should pay the tax they owe on their income"
Please define "everyone", "pay", "tax", "owe" and "income". This stuff keeps entire professions in constant demand . Last edited by Anyopenroad; 6 Oct 2022 at 17:33. |
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The situation is somewhere in between.
It is not so complicated and opaque that this is not possible. It also does not have to be perfect, just good. I would say it is easier for people to deal in absolutes (listen to talk radio, actually don’t), so because things might not be perfectly simple some say it doesn’t work and use as a reason to not do something. Should we not have any taxes because you can’t perfectly (easily) assess everyone’s tax. No. Equally you need to make sure you don’t treat it as simple. There is enough transparency to make it work. Take the Sarries rugby example. Simply, the player salaries were under the cap, but look a bit deeper and you see they got a lot of benefits and other work out of it. It was quite clear in the end this was a breach. They even got warned one year, and then did worse later. Even if we end up with a “hmmm, not really right that is it, don’t do it again” we have a win with the budget cap. As it gets better and better. Dealing in absolutes? That won’t go down well. |
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