Oct.21 (GMM) Audi can be allowed to spend extra underneath Method 1’s finances cap provisions from 2026.
Bosses on the Sauber staff, now one hundred pc owned by Audi forward of the beginning of the German carmaker’s official F1 undertaking from 2026, have argued they need to be permitted to spend extra due to increased wage payments in Switzerland.
The precise enhance is just not but recognized, however Auto Motor und Sport mentioned wages in Switzerland, the place Sauber’s Hinwil manufacturing facility is situated, are typically about 30 p.c increased than in Britain.
Predictably, rival Method 1 groups are reportedly sad with the thought of particular therapy for Audi, however they’re powerless to dam the transfer as a result of a brand new Concorde Settlement for 2026 is but to be agreed or signed.
In accordance with the FIA’s single seater boss Nikolas Tombazis, the truth that the governing physique presently has full freedom to assist out Audi is sweet information.
“In any other case, it might be like attempting to type a democracy out of 9 wolves and one sheep,” he smiled.
Nevertheless, Ferrari boss Frederic Vasseur predicts that different groups will now even be lining up for particular dispensation. “That will result in countless discussions,” he mentioned.
