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They can afford it, no problem. I just wonder if, with the budget caps coming in, we’re seeing the beginnings of a litigation era in F1. Essentially, if another team trashes your car and you can ‘prove’ it’s their fault, I can see teams trying to demand that the party at fault pays for the damage so it doesn’t come out their own budget. Before, they just brushed it off and pulled out the spare chassis and nothing more was said. There’s a lot more at stake for the top teams if it’s the difference between winning and losing the championship.
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Yeah - understand it's all triggered by the budget cap. But at the same time, this was 100% guaranteed to happen. Chassis ending crashes happen, and they may not be your fault. Seems odd that nothing built into the budget cap to account for this?
Moaning about it now makes for a rubbish spectacle. While I agree with the budget cap in principle - it does seem odd that there are not some allowances for either the cost of rebuilding a knackered car or a relaxation of the engine rule where it's clearly been borked by a crash, rather than general reliability.
I'd suggest some sort of ring fenced budget that can only be released on application based on this type of issue. Budget cap = good - but moaning about it in public does nothing for the sport.
Scrabble
All the moaning about the cost and their budget is doing my nut. If you've budgeted such that your boy can't afford to crash you're doing it wrong!