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Williams Wants F1 Backmarkers Spend More
Williams team principal pushes F1 to let lower teams spend more than faster rivals.
In brief
Williams team principal pushes F1 to let lower teams spend more than faster rivals. Williams wants F1 to allow backmarkers to spend more than their faster rivals under a sliding cost cap starting in 2027. Originally reported by Jalopnik.
Williams team principal proposes cost cap change
Williams team principal James Vowles wants F1 to allow backmarkers to spend more than faster rivals under a sliding cost cap starting in 2027.
F1 cost cap currently limits spending
F1's spending cap is $215 million this year, covering nearly all team expenditure except driver salaries and top staff salaries.
Sliding scale would help backmarkers
The cap would increase for teams more than 100 points behind the top four in the constructors' championship.
Williams was first past threshold
Williams, fifth in the constructors' championship last season, was the first team past the 100-point threshold.
At a glance
Williams wants F1 to allow backmarkers to spend more than their faster rivals under a sliding cost cap starting in 2027.
