Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto says even a "minor" breach by an F1 team of its budget cap could result in a performance gain of half a second a lap. Formula 1 is bracing for Wednesday's release by the FIA of its 2021 cost cap audit that will either certify or disallow each team's account for last season. Ahead of last weekend's Singapore Grand Prix, rumors emerged in the paddock that Red Bull and Aston Martin have transgressed F1's cost cap regulations, a claim that both teams have denied. While most of the speculation surrounds Red Bull, who is believed to have outspent its 2021 budget, fixed at $145 million by the FIA, the word on Aston's infraction is that the breach by Lawrence...
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