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Franz Tost: Claims budget cap can't be enforced are 'nonsense'

Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost has warned that spending in Formula 1 cannot continue at current rates and says claims a budget cap can't be enforced are 'nonsense'. There have been several attempts to introduce a cost cap, but all have failed, with the top teams staunchly against the idea. When former FIA president Max Mosley attempted to introduce a $100 million spending cap in 2009, it led to the top teams to threaten to start a breakaway series. The FIA backed down and the idea was scrapped. Warnings that such a cap couldn't be policed by the FIA have been rubbished by Tost who is firmly in favour of reducing costs. 'We need to reduce the costs,' he told...
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