“Critically important” F1 cost cap must be policed like technical rules

The FIA has been completing its audit of each F1 team’s financial submission for the 2021 season in recent months, judging if each outfit complied with the $145 million limit for last year.

Speculation arose over the Singapore Grand Prix weekend that two teams – Red Bull and Aston Martin – may have been in breach of the cap, although both outfits fiercely denied the allegations.

The FIA was due to issue the compliance certificates to the teams who did meet the…