bjpower wrote:well some of the back lash has to be the forced budget.
sure if the tax man told me how to only pay a fraction of what i do i would be delighted.
but if he told me the solution to fire the majority of my co workers well i would be slow to do that.
the teams have become huge.
dropping the budget to 10% of what some teams spend is basically asking you to fire 90% of your staff.
imagine going to work and firing 9 out of every 10 people.
( ok it may not be that high but your forcing teams to do that)
I have already proven that to be false in this thread.
The budget cap
DOES NOT include, driver salaries, hospitality/marketing, engine costs, or any other costs that do not specifically make the car go faster.
In Ferrari's case that breaks down to
40 mil pound cap plus engine costs of around $50 mil american, driver costs of at least $50 mil and hospitality/marketing of at least $100 mil... right there alone we are approaching $275 mil(and that is a very conservative break down)... not that far from their current budget.
And in the case of Ferrari, they could always shift personnel to the road car programs or other racing endeavors.
Yes they may be fighting over governance issues, but we have already been shown that they had veto rights over FIA moves already(and still do) so really what they are fighting for is their ability to outspend any other team.