AlphaTauri boss Franz Tost says the team will spend to budget-cap level in 2022, creating a complex situation to manage. The 2021 season was the first when Formula 1 teams operated under a budget cap, set at $145m for that initial campaign, but for 2022 it drops to $140m. AlphaTauri were not operating at the 2021 limit, but they expect to reach the new one in the forthcoming season due to necessary purchases from their parent team Red Bull. The new regulations for 2022 will produce a fresh look for the F1 challengers and AlphaTauri will use as many parts from Red Bull Technologies as they legally can. Therefore, this will cost money, pushing AlphaTauri to operate at the cap. Tost is wary...
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