F1 | Tost: “It is important to evaluate an expense cap also for pilots' salaries”

In an interview granted to the microphones of Auto Motor Und Sport, Franz Tost he spoke about the salary cap for drivers and the possibility of including it starting from the 2022 season, highlighting how teams must carefully evaluate a scenario of this type.

According to the Team Principal of Scuderia Alpha Tauri, the teams are no longer in a position to be able to pay several million to win a particular driver, an aspect which must lead the entire Formula 1 system to review its priorities for the future.

“We have set limits for the cost of cars, teams and engines, why not do the same for the drivers' salaries?”, declared the Austrian Manager. “Logically drivers deserve a monetary reward, but I don't think discussions should be based on amounts ranging into millions of euros. A condition of this type forces teams to choose to put money into the car or pay the drivers. A true standard bearer wants the budget to be spent on the technical package that takes to the track and on the structures".

On the challenge for the 2021 World Cup he instead stated: "I hope that Max Verstappen win the world cup. For Formula 1 it is important to have a battle at the top of the standings. A Mercedes still dominant would prove to be a fairly negative scenario for the entire system."