Horner: 'Small teams are better off saving money and buying our car'

Zak Brown pointed an accusing finger at Ferrari and Red Bull Racing. They are said to thwart the lower budget cap and mainly think of themselves, but according to Christian Horner it's different and they think along with us about new rules.

''From 2020 to 2021, we're already freezing about 60 percent of the cars, so teams can only come up with some aerodynamic updates. That's good, because that's how you reduce costs, but I don't understand why we're sticking to the new rules for 2022. That puts so much pressure on the costs for 2021,' says Horner in Sky Sports' Vodcast.

Horner wants different budget caps

According to Horner, it is also much more important to look at the costs than to adjust it with a budget cap. ''That cap only limits certain costs, but you'd better look at what cost teams have and see how you can reduce them. You can't compare teams in that respect at all, because manufacturers do much more than small teams''.

''The top three teams spend more, but that's also because we make and develop parts for the smaller teams. So you can't have the same budget cap. I think it's better to have a cap for different parts. If we develop parts for teams, they don't have to spend anything on that.''

Buy a car

According to Horner there is a much simpler system to make the sport more competitive and interesting for the small teams. ''If the small teams can just buy our car at the end of the year, they can eliminate all those development and production costs. That'll save a lot and you'll have a more competitive field.''

Only then McLaren and Renault fall out of the boat, but according to Horner you can't avoid that. ''For all the rules there are teams that fall outside the boat and have to make a choice, that's the case for every rule. However, you can't set one cap for all teams, while one team does more work than the other,'' Horner concludes firmly.