FIA Finally Opens Up About Secret Ferrari Deal - F1s Budget Cap from Both Sides

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FIA Finally Opens Up About Secret Ferrari Deal

One of the more contentious topics of 2020 has been the secret deal made between Ferrari and the FIA regarding the legality of their 2019 engine. FIA president Jean Todt has finally spoken about the whole deal:

''If you'd ask me, I'd love to give you all the details of that deal, but Ferrari is against it so we'll get a penalty if I tell. Of course we wouldn't have been able to say anything, but for us it felt like we should let everyone know. Honesty is really better in that respect"

He further revealed that they could not make a concrete case against Ferrari

“It's a combination of different technical issues and our technicians can't prove 100 percent that Ferrari was illegal. This makes things more difficult”

“I've already spoken one-on-one with some of them and that's why Mercedes has already withdrawn. Since then I haven't heard anything from the teams except what appears in the media from time to time. The teams would like to understand the data, but Ferrari does not allow that”



F1s Budget Cap from Both Sides

Many sources had reported that all the teams were in agreement to a $100m budget cap except for Ferrari and Red Bull. Zak Brown explained the reluctance of these teams

“I get it too, because those teams have an ideal marketing platform and don't want to give that up just like that”

"Look at IndyCar. Penske has the same car as the rest, but still wins most of the races. So the top teams will always win the most races, because they can attract the best staff and drivers. The difference, however, lies in the difference from head to tail. In F1 it's huge and in IndyCar it's very close together”

“Now in F1 we are dependent on some spectacular races due to rain or crazy conditions, but that way we could bring the field much closer together so you don't have to depend on it. Fans would much rather see that. Those teams should not be afraid to fight against smaller teams at the same level"

Mattia Binotto as explained why they are opposed to the lower budget cap

"We are discussing a budget-cap reduction but we should not forget in doing that exercise that we've got different structures, and different assets. There are teams which are constructors like Ferrari and other top teams where we are designing, developing, homologating and producing each single component of our cars."

"Other teams are customers, buying some parts, and do not have the same structures. So when discussing a budget cap we must not forget we have different situations, and it's important we found a common ground which is suited to the different situations and maybe the answer is not a single budget cap equal for all the teams."


Fast Feed

- John Owen has revealed that they had “tried something similar” to the DAS system years ago ”but it didn't work, so” they “dropped it'' thus concluding that ''Innovation never really consists of new ideas” and that “they are more remnants of old ideas”

- Guenther Steiner is of the opinion that opening “the factories four to six weeks before the first race” “would be enough” while explaining that the factories need to be closed for longer than 35 days

- Jan Lammers has revealed that they are “not going to think about” racing without an audience “until the FIA” puts forth a request. He accepted that everyone in F1 needs to be “creative” “to get the season started again”

- Jean Todt has explained that motorsports is “not crucial to our society” and hence “different car brands and suppliers will rethink their future in Formula 1'' once the current crisis is over

- Zak Brown feels that the current pandemic "might finally wake everyone up” as “it is clear that” F1 needs “to make more aggressive decisions to move the sport forward and the budget cap is an important part of that”

- Ross Brawn would rather race without an audience despite it not being “ideal” as “it's better than not racing at all”

- Nicholas Latifi is "disappointed” that he will “now have to wait longer for the chance to drive a home race” after coming to know that the Canadian GP has been postponed

- Mattia Binotto considers it to be "important to be flexible” with regards to the 2020 calendar while “making sure” they “can have good races as well for the fans"

- Pierre Gasly has revealed that he had decided to stay in Melbourne after the Australian GP was cancelled as it "It all seemed a bit calmer" and is now stuck in the UAE where he “can only go to the supermarket"

- Flavio Briatore considers Fernando Alonso as the best F1 driver ever after Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna as “he's a rottweiler and he makes very few mistakes"

- Some media outlets are reporting that "The Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring is currently unaffected and will continue to take place as planned"

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