Guenther Steiner says the recently-agreed “compromise” over F1’s revised 2022 budget cap was exactly that – because it left no team particularly happy. During a meeting of the F1 Commission at the Austrian Grand Prix, it was agreed to increase this year’s spending limit of $140million for each team by 3.1% due to the high level of inflation that has gripped the global economy. The figure will be compounded for subsequent seasons. Of course, this suits the bigger teams more because they have had to make widespread adjustments to their operations to comply with the cost cap since it was introduced for 2021. With everyone naturally fighting their own corner within the discussions,...
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