Wolff suggests the push to help Williams get more freedom to spend on factory improvements failed because F1 rivals jumped on a 'bandwagon' to help themselves instead.
team boss James Vowles has been seeking greater capital expenditure freedom for his squad, after discovering that its facilities are well down compared to many rivals.
But in the end, a lack of agreement over what could be done, allied to some outfits seeing greater capex freedom for themselves, meant the discussions stalled. The matter is now set for further debate at F1's Financial Advisory Committee. "And to a certain extent, it will do, because everyone in that room wants to make sure that they're not losing out relative to everyone else." Motorsport Images
"Then, as a consequence, some teams jumped on that bandwagon to say, but actually, we would like to have a little bit more capex.
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