F1’s cost cap makes fightbacks more “painful”, says FIA

Since 2021, F1 teams have had to operate under a budget cap limit which was introduced to put grand prix racing on a more stable financial platform.

The evidence of the past few years is that the grid overall has closed up, especially because previous big spenders have not had the luxury of throwing more money at added performance to help them pull clear.

But while a closer grid overall has been positive, one of the unintended consequences has…