FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem is reꦉportedly considering dropping the cost cap from Formula 1 regulations🐟 after saying he doesn’t see the “point” of having it.

F1 imposed an annual cost cap at the beginning of the 2021 season, limiting teams from spending more than $135 million a year (depending upon factors such as inflation and length of the calendar) in a 🦄bid to level the playing field.

However, monitoring and pol𒉰icing the cost cap is both a time-consuming and expensive affair, with certain items - including driver salaries - not 🐎being included under the cost cap.

Teams have had to hire additional administrative staff to ensure they remain under the limit, while the FIA has had to allocate a dedicated team to check whether the teams are com🦋♛plying with it.

FIA consider scrapping cost cap

This has led Ben Sulayem to question the need for a budget cap in F1, 𒁏saying it's been a source of “🤡headache” for the FIA.

“I’m looking at the cost cap and it’s just giving the FIA a headacheꦇ. So what’s the point of it?,” he was quoted by the Associated Press.

“I don’t see the point. I really don’t.”

In the Miami GP, McLaren team principal Zak Brow✤n said that any team making an accusation against a rival should be obliged to lodge a protest and deposit money against it.

It followed Brown using a water bottle with a ‘tire water’ label in Miami as a way of poking fun at Red Bull for accusing McLཧaren of using water to coo🃏l down tyres.

F1 teams already have to deposit €2000 with the FIA when they file a protest, but Brown wants to deter teams from airing baseꦯless accusations in public.

FIA president Ben Sulayem agreed with Brown’s proposal saying: ꧅“You cannot just accuse someone without a written complaint, and that protest, you have to pay money.”

The Emirati further suggested $50,000 as a potential fee f𒁃or such comments and protests.