The FIA has confirmed 9 of the ten groups have been in compliance with the fee cap in 2024, with solely Aston Martin cited for a procedural breach “of a really minor nature”.
As reported final week, Aston Martin accepted it had didn’t submit audited accounts by the 31 March deadline resulting from extenuating circumstances, with unaudited accounts obtained by the FIA previous to the deadline. The workforce didn’t exceed the fee cap stage, and entered into an Accepted Breach Settlement (ABA) with the FIA on the finish of September.
The delay in confirming the compliance of the remaining groups since then had led to hypothesis {that a} additional workforce was in breach, however the FIA says the advanced nature of the method – that additionally contains the monetary rules referring to all 2026 energy unit producers – took longer than the earlier years.
“The assessment of the Reporting Documentation was a really thorough and intensive course of spanning seven months,” an FIA assertion learn.
“FIA confirms that the assessment course of is especially time consuming contemplating each the complexities of the Monetary Rules and the need to evaluate technical facets (and associated value remedy) of actions of growth undertaken by F1 groups and PU producers.
“The FIA confirms that every one F1 groups and all PU producers gave their full help in offering the required info. The Price Cap Administration notes that every one F1 groups and all PU producers acted always in a spirit of fine religion and co-operation all through the method.”
The associated fee cap was first launched in 2021, with the intention to restrict spending in F1 “to make sure the long-term viability of the championship and encourage convergence in efficiency between Rivals, thus creating extra thrilling racing”. The most recent reporting interval runs up till 31 December 2024, with accounts submitted three months later.
All 5 energy unit producers – Mercedes, Ferrari, Purple Bull Powertrains, Honda and Audi – have been additionally discovered to be in compliance with the related monetary rules.
