FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem is reportedly considering dropping the cost cap from Formula 1 regulations after saying꧟ he doesn’t see the “point” of having it.

F1 imposed an annual cost cap at the beginning of the 2021 season, limiting teams from spending more than $135 million a year (depe﷽nding upon factor𒊎s such as inflation and length of the calendar) in a bid to level the playing field.

However, monitoring and policing the cost cap is both a time-consuming and expensive affair, with certain items - including driver salaries - not being included under ꦐthe cost cap.

Teams have had to hire additional administrative staff to ensure they re🅰main under the limit, while the FIA has had to allocate a dedi♔cated team to check whether the teams are complying with it.

FIA consider scrapping cost cap

This has led Ben Sulayem to question the need for a budget cap in F1, saying it's been a source of “headache” 🅷f🌱or the FIA.

“I’m looking at the cost cap and it’s just giving the FIA a hea♑dache. So what’s thജe point of it?,” he was quoted by the Associated Press.

“I don’t see the point. I really don’t.”

In the Miami GP, McLaren team principal Zak Brown said that any team making an accusation against a rival should be obliged to𓂃 lodge a protest and deposit money against it.

It followed Brown using a water bottle with a ‘tire water’ label in Miami as a way of poking fun at Red Bull for accusing McLaren of u꧅sing water to cool down tyre🦋s.

F1 teams already have to deposit €2000 with the FIA when they file a protest, but Brown wants to ꦺdeter teams from airing basel♛ess accusations in public.

FIA president Ben Sulayem agreed with Brown’s proposal saying: “You cannot ju⛎st accuse someone without a wr🅺itten complaint, and that protest, you have to pay money.”

T🌜he Emirati further suggested $50,000 as a poౠtential fee for such comments and protests.