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b0rn2sk8 said:
Given there is an overall cost cap now, they could relax the rules on testing which were ultimately there to try and rein in the top teams and their far bigger bucket of cash.
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Top teams still have some advantage as not everything is under the budget cap. Look at Merc in 21, using 11 engines between their drivers (most other teams used 8 and some only 6 that season) winning the constructor championship and if it wasn't for Masi's brain fart moment they would have won driver's one as well. At the widely reported cost of £10mil per engine that's £30mil more spent than most other teams that season.
 
Lewis Hamilton says FIA inquiry into Wolff 'unacceptable'.

He and the Beeb make some good points.

Sir Lewis said:
Hamilton said it was "disappointing" the FIA had "sought to question the integrity of one of the most incredible female leaders we've ever had in our sport".

He said it had done so "without questioning [her], without any evidence".
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el Beeb said:
The saga has left senior figures in F1 questioning the judgement of Ben Sulayem.

One described it as "yet another own goal" from the Emirati. Another said: "It could be the beginning of the end for him."

Mercedes, the Wolffs and F1 were not contacted before the FIA announced that it had referred an "allegation of information of a confidential nature being passed to an F1 team principal from a member of FOM personnel" to its compliance unit.

The controversy comes against a backdrop of worsening relations between F1 and the FIA on a number of fronts.

There is unease both inside the FIA and elsewhere in F1 about the way the direction of the governing body under Ben Sulayem.
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Has there been any mention of the Wolffs pursuing any sort of legal action? For two people in the public spotlight, just making up accusations and printing them is pretty well guarded against. And it’s not like they don’t have the funds to do something…
 
Tin foil hat time ( it is F1 after all ), was this leaked by the FIA to the press in the first place to get a reaction ..

A shot across the bows to those uppity team principals ?
 
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hudson86 said:
Tin foil hat time ( it is F1 after all ), was this leaked by the FIA to the press in the first place to get a reaction ..

A shot across the bows to those uppity team principals ?
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F1 is the FIA's crown glory, their cash cow. ****ing off the TP's isn't a great idea. Rumour is nearly all of them aren't particularly in favour of Bin Sulayem or even actively dismissive of him and his tenure. Any who were neutral have likely moved away from him after the recent debacle.
 
looks like that's fake news...
racingnews365.com

Mercedes issue clarification over Hamilton 'gifting FIA trophy to fan'

Lewis Hamilton travelled all the way to Baku for the FIA gala, to pick up his prize for P3 in the 2023 F1 Championship.
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However, a Mercedes spokesperson confirmed to RacingNews365 that Hamilton had accepted an offer from the FIA to ensure the trophy was "sent on to the team and therefore left it in their care.

We can confirm he did not give the trophy to anyone ‘as a gift’ as has been speculated."
 
Interesting about no throttle leaving the garage. Seems these cars will roll off the clutch. I bet that's hard to get used to with just a few mm clutch paddle to play with.
 
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