Ferrari Developments, Marko: “It’s difficult for the FIA ​​to control budget caps. But is Mercedes really surprised?”

Ferrari updates cause discussion “Ferrari seems to have unlimited updates, it will soon run out of budget cap money.” After the Austrian GP Toto Wolff tried to shine the spotlight on the Scuderia di Maranello, the team that has brought the most developments since the start of the World Championship. Also for the Silverstone Grand Prix, Ferrari brings new features to its car, with a new “macarena” wing and a low drag diffuser. News that will certainly fuel Wolff’s suspicions, also shared by his old arch-rival Helmut Marko. The former Red Bull advisor believes that it is easier for larger teams to get around the budget cap (which for this year is set at 215 million dollars for chassis and 190 million for power units), but obviously he wouldn’t be Marko if he didn’t also throw digs at Mercedes. Marko’s words “For normal teams it is practically impossible to get around the budget cap. As for companies like Mercedes or Ferrari, I’m not so sure. How can the FIA ​​check whether, in the era we live in, the research centers of Maranello or Mercedes are not also working for Formula 1?”, these are Marko’s words reported by F1-Insider. “In 2021 and 2022 we also wondered why Mercedes had introduced so many updates while respecting the spending ceiling. Now they are the ones who are surprised.” The Austrian, however, forgets that it was Red Bull itself that did not respect the budget cap in 2021. The numbers Our analyzes reveal that Ferrari is the team that brought the most innovations to the track, with 32 updates (of which 29 performance-related) in eight race weekends: only in Montreal did the Scuderia bring no innovations. Red Bull is not far behind (31 updates), while Mercedes is second to last with 17 updates.

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2026-07-03 06:00:00