Mohammed Ben Sulayem, President of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) is considering eliminating the cost cap in Formula 1 as it became a kind of liability for the organisation. Ahead of the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday, May 4, Sulayem said that he is in support of the complaint fee proposal by McLaren CEO Zak Brown.
As per the proposal by Zak Brown, the teams will be required to lodge a formal complaint with a monetary deposit before making allegations against each other. The McLaren boss suggested that the teams will get their money back if the allegations turn out to be true. However, in case of false allegations, the money will be counted against the cost cap. FIA President also wants to adopt this rule in F1 and is planning to replace it with the cost cap.
“I’m looking at the cost cap and it’s just giving the FIA a headache. So what’s the point of it?” I don’t see the point. I really don’t,” Sulayem was quoted as saying by Sportstar.
You cannot just accuse someone without a written complaint: Ben Sulayem
The cost cap was introduced in F1 in 2021 with several rules that restricted the teams to spend a huge amount of money. However, Mohammed Ben Sulayem came in support of Zak Brown’s idea and said that it would require some amount of money to dodge a formal complaint against someone.
“You cannot just accuse someone without a written complaint, and that protest, you have to pay money,” the FIA President said. Further, Ben Sulayem said that he would require clarification to the drivers code of conduct policy and it is expected to get completed by the next week. In the ongoing season, the drivers will be penalised for making allegation during their appearance in the FIA.
