
Alfa Romeo reveal cost of F1 budget cap deficit
Alfa Romeo reveal cost of F1 budget cap deficit

Former Alfa Romeo team principal Fred Vasseur has revealed the on-track cost of failing to operate at the budget cap level.
F1 introduced a budget cap for the first time in the sport's history in 2021, with the spending limit set at $145million.
This was reduced by $5m last year but was later increased by 3.1 percent to reflect the rising energy and freight costs caused by the war in Ukraine.
Speaking to GPFans in an end-of-season interview prior to joining Ferrari, Vasseur conceded that Alfa Romeo had been "a bit more than $10m" short of the cap in 2022.
Given the spending power of those around Alfa Romeo, it is impossible to overstate the achievement of finishing sixth in the constructors' standings.
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Asked to provide an idea what Alfa Romeo could have achieved with the $10m it lacked, Vasseur said: "I saw somewhere that with 10 percent of the allocation it is half a second. I would be over the moon [with that].
"Seriously, it is always difficult to predict what could be the outcome of something.
"If you have a look at the past, it is not because you are spending two times more than the others that you are winning every single race.
"But for sure, we have a long list of points to improve in the team directly leading to the performance and I think with this extra budget we would be able to tick the box on a couple of lines."
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