One of the budget items that raised the ‘costs’ alarm, especially in the top teams, is that relating to transport. “The price of shipping has quadrupled, and it’s not something under our control,” said Christian Horner, sending out a strong message about the emergency that the top teams would be facing.
At the moment the difference between the rates in force and the costs planned at the beginning of the season is estimated at around 3 million dollars, a figure that could also increase in the coming months. When the question was brought to the attention, it emerged that the voice that worries the teams is that related to the transport of material, that is everything a team needs to face a race weekend, from single-seaters to technical equipment up to everything. what is intended for hospitality, reaching an estimated total of approximately 45 tons per team.
Crates sent to the paddock: transport costs have quadrupled
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This cost was included in the budget cap, so it is an item that affects the 140 million dollars available (and hence the concern of the top teams) but curiously it emerged that the costs related to personnel logistics are not included in the limit. of expenditure.
In the paddock there are those who underlined this aspect, and just as curious is the motivation that emerged when an insider was asked the reasons that led to this discrepancy when the financial regulation of the budget cap was approved.
“The reason is linked to the comforts enjoyed by most of the top-managers of Formula 1 – was the comment – for years now the leaders of the teams go to the circuits using private jets, and it is certainly not a good service. market”.
“A round trip from Europe to Miami costs around 300,000 euros, and I assure you that there are so many aircraft parked in the airports near the circuits. If these costs had been included in the budget cap they would have been exposed to the risk of cuts, while with the regulation that has been approved there is no spending limit on this front, and it is an item that does not affect the limit imposed by the financial regulation ”.
It should be remembered that the three highest salaries within the organization chart of each team are also excluded from the spending ceiling. And even in this case there was no shortage of jokes in the paddock, given that the exception granted by the regulation fits perfectly with the needs of Red Bull, which in the Marko-Horner-Newey triad has an overall salary that is said to well exceed 30 million euros.
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