McLaren boss Zak Brown says that driver salaries should have been included in the $175 million budget cap that will be introduced into F1 from 2021. Strictly enforced cost-cutting measures destined to level the playing field in F1 will be implemented in the future, but the provision excludes various expenses, such as engine development and production, marketing or travel costs. The budget cap also excludes the salaries of the three highest paid executives of a team, but also all driver salaries and bonuses, an item which Brown insists should have been included in the cost-cutting measures. "I think drivers should have been included in the budget cap, whatever that budget cap is,"...
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