Williams looks set to fall short of securing enough support to change Formula 1’s cost cap rules for 2027, with key rivals rejecting the idea of a revamp. Off the back of a push by Williams team principal James Vowles to introduce a catch-up mechanism within the financial regulations, the matter looks set to go to a team vote at the next F1 Commission meeting.
For the changes to go through it would need backing from six of the current 11 teams, while revisions to the regulations for 2028 would need just four in favour. It is understood that Vowles’ plans to hand smaller teams extra freedom for investment has broad backing from four other teams – Alpine, Aston Martin, Audi and Cadillac.
If that support continued into an actual vote, with its own approval thrown into the mix, that would leave Williams just one away from being able to get things through for next year. However, that critical sixth vote may be difficult to achieve. Haas is believed to be against a change, while one of Vowles’ potential key targets – Racing Bulls – has now indicated that it is not in favour of any change either.
Team principal Alan Permane said at the Singapore Grand Prix that he felt the current cost cap rules worked well as he felt there was enough freedom within them for squads to make necessary capital investments.
"I don't think we would support a wholesale change to the cost cap rules to start being able to spend huge amounts more money," he said, when asked by The Race about his thoughts on Vowles’ idea. He added that the current framework has served Formula 1 very well and that teams can still spread major capital expenditures over a number of years using existing mechanisms.
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