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Charles Leclerc and George Russell have joined Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso in giving their thoughts on the FIA cost cap....
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2022-10-06T14:00:00Z
The F1 news away from the track has been dominated by talk of the cost cap this week as the FIA was expected to release their certificates of compliance that would clarify which teams had come in under the $145million cap for the 2021 season.
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The story first emerged shortly before free practice one at the Singapore Grand Prix as Red Bull and Aston Martin were named as the two teams who have broken the cap during their spending in the 2021 season.
The Ferrari and Mercedes team bosses were quick to point the finger at Red Bull and both expressed their interest in seeing them receive some kind of punishment – and now their drivers have reiterated that point as they spoke to the media ahead of the race at Suzuka.
“Speaking about ourselves, if we have more to spend then, of course, you will go faster on the track,” added the Ferrari driver.
“So if there is any team found guilty of that then they should be punished. What is the punishment? I am not the one to decide but for sure, it should be punished.”
George Russell spoke in a similar vain, going as far as saying he trusted FIA president Mohammed ben Sulayem to bring an “appropriate punishment”.
“It’s not my duty to dive into those details,” the 24-year-old said.
“I’ll just sit and wait to see what the results are from Monday but I just know from our experience within Mercedes, how hard the whole team has worked to stay within that cost cap.
“We know we can bring more performance to the table if we had more money to spend, and it’s as simple as that.
“I trust in Mohammed [ben Sulayem] and the FIA to bring an appropriate punishment for anyone who is found guilty of the charges accused and it should be quite straightforward.
“You would expect the amount that has been gone over, should be the amount taken off for next year’s budget and probably a bit more on top of that as a punishment.
“But let’s wait and see.”