Williams's Jost Capito feels a cost cap breach would be a more serious offence than cheating on track, given the lasting benefits F1
Other team bosses have agreed that any such breaches should trigger appropriate punishments from the FIA.and Aston Martin are understood to have overspent last season, with the former believed to be a potentially more serious case of a “material breach”.
“For this year's cars, you have an impact for the whole season. So it has to have a sportive impact on this season. It doesn't make sense to have any financial penalty on top that you spent the money. "I don't think it should be for last year, because most of the more impact is on this year. I think it would be completely wrong to do it on last year, because the books are written, everything is done, the PR is done, the marketing is done.
Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer:"I think the FIA have to appropriately punish those who have gone over. You have to first understand how big the breach was, and then what an appropriate penalty is."boss Fred Vasseur is adamant that any financial transgression should be treated as seriously as a technical infringement.“I know it was a great achievement to put it in place. But now that it's in place, the most thing is important is to police it.
"You have to understand that sometimes with €200,000 you can bring a big update. And if you overshoot the budget by this, it's a couple of tenths for more than one race.” “And that's significant. And once you let people go, it's hard to get them back and attract the same people.