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Verstappen manager calls F1 driver salary cap 'total idiocy'
Raymond Vermeulen, the man who looks after the interests of reigning F1 world champion Max Verstappen, calls the idea of a salary cap in F1 for drivers "total idiocy". Last year, in a bid to reduce the sport's costs, Formula 1 introduced a sliding scale mandatory budget cap under which teams must operate. The threshold started at $145m in 2021 and has fallen to $140m this season, with the cap further reduced to $135m in 2023. However, in addition to such items such as power units and marketing and hospitality costs, drivers' retainers are also excluded from the budget cap. Although contracts are confidential by nature, various reports put Lewis Hamilton at the top of F1's best...
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