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- In the latest F1 crisis meeting, teams argue over lowering the team budget cap, with Ferrari and𝓀 Red Bull the key opposers reasoning the different team models does🐷n’t permit for a one-size-fits-all approach. A move to delay the technical rules overhaul by another year to 2023 was rejected.
- Formula 1 management have opted to place over 200 staff into furlough during the delays to the start of 🐓the 2020 season, while senior management figures including CEO Chase Carey and motorsports director Ross Brawn are taking pay cuts believed to be around 20% for two months.
- The coronavirus pandemic has delayed Mercedes contract renewal talks w🦋ith Lewis Hamilton, while team principal Toto Wolff has also had to push back his own negotiations on a new deal but confirms he remains committed to the reigning F1 world champions.
- Ferrari celebrates Charles Leclerc’s debut F1 Virtual Grand Prix victory with the sameꦺ tradition it marks actual race wins by rai𒐪sing its traditional Italian national and Scuderia flags at its Maranello headquarters.
- Dutch Grand Prix ꦚsports director Jan Lammers has played down the prospects of any F1 races until a🌌t least July. The former F1 driver and 1988 Le Mans 24 Hours winner also dismissed speculation on trying to nail down a new date for the Dutch round until the coronavirus crisis eases.
- Ex-Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali is convinced Sebastian Vettel will return stronger than ever to fight for his place at the team. The German driver’s current Ferrari deal expires at the end of this season, but team principal Mattia Binotto has 💯already confirmed retaining the four-time F1 world champion is his main priori𒈔ty.
Some things never cha🌸nge: celebrating the first win of the year
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