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“Same team doesn’t always win the Superbowl”- Toto Wolff admits that some big teams are not happy with the budget cap

Samriddhi Jaiswal
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"Same team doesn't always win the Superbowl"- Toto Wolff admits that some big teams are not happy with the budget cap

Toto Wolff believes that the budget cap in F1 is good for the sport but some of the big teams are unhappy with it. 

In the 2022 season, the budget cap in F1 will be lowered to $140 million. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes that this will create a balance and is good for the sport. However, some of the big teams are unhappy with it.

The new technical regulations will also bring changes in the aerodynamics of the car which is supposed to increase the opportunity of overtaking. Wolff believes that as many as five or six teams will compete for victory in the coming season.

The Austrian is not concerned by the possibility of one team understanding the rules better than the other and taking advantage of them.

Wolff said, “I believe that the budget cap will bring a lot of things into line. If one finds a loophole and runs away with it, everyone will copy it.”

“The cars will all be very similar. There may still be differences in the first year. After that, it will even out. There will no longer be a team that is a second ahead.”

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Toto Wolff admitted that Mercedes faced problems

Wolff admitted that bigger teams were initially unhappy with a financial advantage being taken away from them. Talking about the challenges Mercedes faced due to the budget cap, Wolff said, “we had to carry out a restructuring. It not only affected people, but also essential processes had to be changed.”

“For example, for the first time, we had to train financial officers to identify cost savings across the entire value chain.”

There was not one area in particular, though, where the Silver Arrows focused on the most in terms of making savings.

“There is no single cost factor that was most affected. We went through all areas and tried to lose as little performance as possible,” Wolff said.

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Samriddhi Jaiswal

Samriddhi Jaiswal

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Samriddhi Jaiswal is an F1 editor and writer at The SportsRush. She started her career as a business journalist but soon found her calling in lights out here we go! Samriddhi has been a Ferrari fan even when her interaction with F1 was occasional. Her first real experience with the thrilling sport came when Charles Leclerc clinched his iconic victory in Spa and Monza and painted the track red. Now, a Tifosi, Samriddhi is a hardcore fan of the prancing horse and can relate to the chaos within the Italian camp and also admires Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. Off the track, she finds her home in books and musical instruments.

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