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The only way we can ever fight with the three big teams is with a budget cap

"The only way we can ever fight with the three big teams is with a budget cap"

09-07-2019 19:40
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Money plays a big role in Formula 1 and running a Formula 1 team is expensive. The teams that perform best are the teams that spend the most money and this is why midfield teams want a budget cap to be introduced. McLaren's Andreas Seidl believes that this is the only way that McLaren can win a World Championship. 

"It is a fact that we as a team clearly underachieve with the possibilities we have - infrastructure, budget, know-how," Seidl told Autosport.

"We should be better with what we have. I'm not a friend of constantly looking for excuses within the regulations or budget differences.

"At the moment, my focus is to first of all unleash the potential of the team with the circumstances we have.

"The next step is that the 2021 regulations will hopefully go in the right direction.

"One thing is clear: if we want to be competitive in the future and fight with the others, then we need a level playing field.

"For a team like us, the budget cap is the only way we can ever fight with the three big teams again."

McLaren have the drivers and structure to be able to compete at the top level and it will be interesting to see if that they will make it to the top once again.  

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