Budgets need to be cut

Author of the article: , published March 12, 2013.

Flavio Briatore, the controversial former boss of the Benetton and Renault teams, said the time has come when it is necessary to cut the budgets of Formula One teams. Proof of this is the fact that teams from the center have started chasing the best teams. “We now often see how Lotus or Sauber, with a budget of between 90 and 100 million euros, can compete and sometimes beat McLaren, Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes, where they have three times higher budgets,” Briatore told Sky Italia. “Formula One would also exist with different numbers, and the race cars would be even more even, which would contribute to an even bigger show,” he added.

Patrick Head, co-founder of Williams, agrees that in such a stalemate, teams from the background like Marussia or Caterham have no chance of ever catching the teams in front of them, even those in the middle of the field. “Williams has about 480 employees on the team and they make most of the car in their factory. Marussia and Caterham can't afford it, ”Head said.

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