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Former F1 technical director Pat Symonds said the cost cap saved Formula 1, arguing that without it Haas would have disappeared and Cadillac would never have joined the grid. MotoGP CEO Carlos Ezpeleta is already exploring a similar budget cap, and Symonds is urging MotoGP to adopt the same rule.
I've stood in enough pits to know it in my bones — no money, no finished machine. Hearing Haas might've vanished without the cap sends a chill down my spine. MotoGP's got manufacturers running on fumes too, so if a cost cap brings new blood to the grid, I'm all for it. The rulebook politics though? Not my game — leave that to the suits.
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Cost cap just means a hard limit on team budgets, right?
Exactly, it stops teams from spending unlimited money so smaller outfits can compete too.
As someone who remembers the old factory arms races, tighter rules feel bittersweet.
The idea that Cadillac only joined because of the cost cap is pretty convincing.
Competing on engineering skill rather than budget size is healthier, honestly.
Wouldn't a cost cap water down the whole development race?
F1 got to the point Haas nearly folded — MotoGP isn't there yet though.
