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FIA turns down Williams' budget cap request

Dec.12 F1's governing body has turned down a plea from the Williams team. The James Vowles-led outfit has suffered a perhaps unprecedented string of big crashes recently, not only depleting the spare parts store but also endangering the budget cap spending limit. 'Williams quite simply had more than twice as much damage as the others,' former F1 driver Giedo van der Garde told the DRS De Race Show podcast. Vowles admits: 'It's a distraction away from '25, there's no doubt about it.' He says the three big crashes at Interlagos alone cost over $5 million, with Franco Colapinto's Las Vegas accident adding another $2m to the bill. If simply repairing all the damage tips Williams over the cap,...
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