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Mekies explains upgrade process under F1 budget cap
Ferrari's racing director Laurent Mekies offered an insight into how the team go about in-season upgrades now that spending is capped. Last season Formula 1 introduced a budget cap, the teams allowed to spend just $145 million, a huge blow to the likes of Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull who were spending triple that in previous years. For many of the teams their 2021 budget went on designing and building this year's all-new cars with some teams, such as Alfa Romeo and Haas, not spending a penny on updating last year's cars. Others, most notably Red Bull, continued to update their 2021 car for most of the season, the Milton Keynes squad focused on winning the World title for Max Verstappen....
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