Helmut Marko shed light on how Formula 1 teams work under the budget cap, while warning that the sport must not become an accountant's world championship. With F1 cost control regulations in place – granting teams about $150-million (depending on how many races etc) to use during a season campaign – means the ‘no-expenses-spared-throw-money-at-it' ethos of the past is gone. These days every dime spent has to be accounted for as per the FIA F1 regulations and that comes with an all-new band of players – the Accountants. To cater for this, speaking to Motorsport-Total, Marko revealed how Red Bull are tackling the new era: 'Our finance department has been expanded...
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