News Details

FIA turns down Williams' budget cap request

Dec.12 F1's governing body has turned down a plea from the Williams team. The James Vowles-led outfit has suffered a perhaps unprecedented string of big crashes recently, not only depleting the spare parts store but also endangering the budget cap spending limit. 'Williams quite simply had more than twice as much damage as the others,' former F1 driver Giedo van der Garde told the DRS De Race Show podcast. Vowles admits: 'It's a distraction away from '25, there's no doubt about it.' He says the three big crashes at Interlagos alone cost over $5 million, with Franco Colapinto's Las Vegas accident adding another $2m to the bill. If simply repairing all the damage tips Williams over the cap,...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Valtteri Bottas received messages about Red Bull move...

Valtteri Bottas has revealed that being listed as a Red Bull driver on...
1w ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Abu Dhabi post-season F1 test: Who is driving?

© XPB  Michael Delaney 09/12/2024 at 18:2409/12/2024 at 19:35...
5d ago from F1i.com

Yuki Tsunoda makes debut Red Bull outing in Abu Dhabi...

Yuki Tsunoda has made his debut in a modern Red Bull F1 car at the...
4d ago from MotorsportWeek.com

F1 2024 Abu Dhabi Post-Season Test – Results

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc topped the timesheets in Formula 1's...
4d ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Liberty Media's $4bn MotoGP deal faces EU investigation

The European Union is set to investigate Liberty Media’s intended...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

JHR makes more key IndyCar hires in leadership revamp

Juncos Hollinger Racing has announced that it has filled two more...

Devlin DeFrancesco secures IndyCar return with RLL...

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announced on Monday that Devlin...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

2027 WRC regulations revealed

Hot on the heels of the revised 2025 WRC points refinement comes the...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'We’ll see' – Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea...

Rayan Cherki has refused to rule out a move away from Lyon in the near...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.