Toto Wolff warns F1 cost cap breach would be a ‘heavyweight’ matter

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has warned it would be a “massively heavyweight” matter if F1 teams are found guilty of breaking last season’s budget cap. 
Max Verstappen (NLD), Red Bull Racing Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 17, Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay Street
Max Verstappen (NLD), Red Bull Racing Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 17, Singapore Grand…

On the eve of the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Singapore Grand Prix, the F1 paddock has been rocked by scandal amid reports Red Bull and Aston Martin may have exceeded the $145m spending lim🐽it introduced last year to level the playing💛 field and make the sport more sustainable.&nbs🌠p;

F1’s governing body the FIA is expected to issue certificates꧅ of compliance with the 2021 financial regulations on October 5, which will reveal whether ܫteams have conformed with the rules or not. 

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“That's heavyweight, that's massively heavyweight,” 🌊Wolff told Sky Sports when asked if this was serious or typical ‘playground politics’ in the F1 pꦡaddock. 

“We are using used parts, we ar▨e not running what we would want to rꦗun, we are not developing what we could be developing. We’ve made more than 40 people redundant that are dearly missed in our organisation. 

“It was a huge mammoth project to make the cap. I don’t know how many tens of millions we had to restructure ⭕and reprocess to be below the cap, and if someone h🅺as not been doing that, or pushing the boundaries, every million is a massive disadvantage.”

Christian Horner (GBR) Red Bull Racing Team Principal. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 17, Singapore Grand Prix, Marina
Christian Horner (GBR) Red Bull Racing Team Principal. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 17,…

Red Bull boss Christian Horner insisted his team’s F1 cost cap 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:submission fell below the limit and dismissed the mounting talk in the paddock as “r𝓰umour🌜s”. 

B𓆏ut Wolff said Red Bull have been the subject of an investigation for months and claimed that one team is “massively over” the 5% threshold🐼 - equivalent to around $7m over the cap - for a ‘major breach’. 

"It’s funny th🃏at Christian says that, because it’s weeks and months that they are being investigated,” Wolff said. “Maybe he doesn’t speak to 💎his CFO. 

“All of us have been investigated diligently and as far as we understand, there🌳’s a team in [a] minor breach which is more procedural and another team that is fundamentally massively over. 

"That is being looked after, that’s an o🙈pen secret in the paddock🧸.”

Toto Wolff (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 Shareholder and Executive Director. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch Grand
Toto Wolff (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 Shareholder and Executive Director. Formula 1 World…

Wolff has urged the FIA to take a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“robust stance” in enforcing cost cap regula🤪tions b꧑ecause of the domino effect it has going both into this season and 2023. 

“I think there’s a governance in place that is very solid that the FIA has൩ set up,” he explaꦏined. 

“You’re♈ going to be issued a certificate of compliance and then if you’re not compliant, then it goes to the Cost Cap Adjudication Panel with independent judges, and they can then choose from these penalties the appropriate one.ꦺ 

“But the crucial part▨ is that if you’re over in 2021, you’re over in 2022. That means that🔯 you have an advantage in 2023. 

“If it’s true they’ve homologated a l🌠ightweight chassis this year, they may use it next year. It’s a real cascade of events that can be influential in all three championships.”

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