All 10 Formula One teams complied with the cost cap for the second year in a row in 2023, but procedural breaches were identified for engine makers Alpine and Honda, the governing FIA said on Wednesday.

  • BlackEco
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    146 days ago

    FYI, they did not spend over the cap but rather did not fill the paperwork correctly or on time:

    “The CCA [Cost Cap Administration] confirms that although Alpine Racing SAS and HRC [Honda Racing Corporation] have both been found to be in procedural breach, neither have exceeded the cost cap level,” the FIA said in a statement.

    The procedural breaches were not detailed but could refer to late submissions of documents or errors in the documentation provided.

    (Emphasis mine)

  • @DrCake
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    86 days ago

    What have alpine been spending the money on? Can’t be the engines themselves

    • @[email protected]
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      66 days ago

      Well luckily the article addresses this point in the very third sentence!

      “The CCA [Cost Cap Administration] confirms that although Alpine Racing SAS and HRC [Honda Racing Corporation] have both been found to be in procedural breach, neither have exceeded the cost cap level,” the FIA said in a statement.

      They didn’t breach the cost cap.