June 1, 2026

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[00:00:02]Formula 1 [music] introduced a budget cap in 2021, initially at $145 [music] million, now around $135 million per team per year.

[00:00:13]Before that, Mercedes [music] and Red Bull were spending north of $400 million annually.

[00:00:19]The cap is the only hard spending [music] limit in global motorsport, and it's already reshaping the competitive field.

[00:00:26]>> [music] >> The mechanism, independent auditors review team accounts against a defined cost base.

[00:00:33]>> [music] >> Excluded from the cap are driver salaries, marketing, and top executive pay, which is where creative accounting migrates.

[00:00:42]Red Bull was fined for exceeding the 2021 [music] cap by a small margin. The penalty generated controversy well [music] beyond the overage. The cap has narrowed the field. How long that holds is the [music] open question.