(Motorsport-Entire.com) – The dispute between McLaren and Ferrari regarding the budget limit continues. McLaren is in favor of further lowering the cost cap, Ferrari is against it for various reasons. McLaren boss Zak Brown has only limited understanding for them. He accuses Ferrari of making flimsy arguments.
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Among other things, one argues in Maranello against a lower upper limit that one has to lay off private people in this tumble. Finally, team boss Mattia Binotto even hinted that you might have to look for alternatives to Formula 1 if the lower cost caps should come. Zak Brown only wrests a tired smile.
He understands the ethical responsibility that Ferrari has towards his employees, he emphasizes. “These are very difficult times,” recalls Brown, who has no understanding of the recent threat to exit. “I don't see any other place that has the same DNA as Formula 1. And I know motorsport pretty intestine,” he recalls.
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“Even if you were to compete in pretty much all other motorsport series, you would still have too many employees,” he emphasizes. In other words, there is no equivalent Formula 1 use anyway. Therefore, he could not follow the Ferrari logic. Instead, he suggests something completely different to the Italians.
From an ethical point of view, they should rather disclose “used to be the crucial ingredients behind the secret deal they were making with regard to one possible violation of the rules for their engines [mit der FIA]. ” The world association examined the Ferrari engines of the season via the Iciness 2019, after repeated allegations of fraud .
After the investigation, however, only a superficial press release was sent. FIA President Jean Todt told 'Motorsport-Entire.com' that Ferrari had one Release of Crucial ingredients block . “If it's about ethics and transparency, that would be a good point to spend your time with,” Brown teases.
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