Lauda sees budget cap as a blessing
Former World Champion Niki Lauda has sided with the FIA in respect to the optional budget cap in 2010, as he believes that the 40 million euros are understandable, since they only cover the technological aspect of the teams expenses.
"All the teams asked for this, and now suddenly Ferrari is on the other side. It's totally stupid," Lauda said to Germany's 'Sports Bild'.
"I see it as a blessing that Mosley and the FIA are so brutally and mercilessly implementing this," he added. "The measures are completely reasonable because the 40 million is just for the cars, purely for the technology."
"The drivers' salaries and all the marketing activities are all to the side, so in the end the teams will still have budgets of between 80 to 100 million (euros)." Which would still be a good decrease from the present values, at about three times that much.
