We are on the verge of the 2022 season, which by now already has a certain winner. However, the political battles do not cease, with the awareness that those who earn today will also have something to enjoy for the 2023 season FIA takes time, but what can be behind this delay?
FIA postpones hearing in Red Bull-Budget cap case
The verdict was expected today that could have shifted the balance of this, of the next, and even if improbable, of the last world championship. However, the federation, as expected from the delay in issuing the communication, decided to postpone the trial concerning the Budget cap violation by Red Bull and Aston Martin. The new date is set at 10 October, just on the Monday after the Japanese Grand Prix.
The communication issued by the legislator of the Formula 1 it's the following"The FIA informs that the conclusion of the 2021 financial analyzes of the Formula 1 teams and the subsequent issuance of the certificates of compliance with the Financial Regulation will not take place on Wednesday 5 October. Financial analyzes are a long and complex process, and are still ongoing. Everything will end with the release of the Certificates on Monday 10 October".
What is behind the federation's move?
Certainly in the current year the federation has not figured well, often proving to be unable to keep up with an exponentially evolving F1. The FIA organization chart revealed flaws, revealing itself to most as a rusty structure which, despite the acclaimed entry into the presidency of Mohammed Ben Sulayem, has not yet been able to renew itself. Whenever the federation has opened its mouth, it has received heavy criticism, just think of the mismanagement of the safety car in Monza, Or to Perez case of Singapore. Not to mention the anti-porpoising technical directive, removed in Singapore due to the presence of bumps, when the aim of the legislation was to protect the backs of the pilots from the bumps themselves and from jumping.
In short, the Paris-Geneva axis, headquarters of the FIA, is not doing well, and in order not to miss anything, it decides to postpone the highly anticipated verdict that should have arrived today. Thinking badly is a sin Andreotti said, but often we get caught up in it; and it is in this context that a doubt arises: Suzuka it is Verstappen's first real Matchpoint to sign the 2022 vintage with the victory of the title, and on closer inspection, it almost seems that the federation wants to wait for Max's eventual victory of the iris to have the excuse of not being able to harm the Dutchman afterwards. Beyond this accusatory reading, there is also the possibility that it is a delay due to an effective complication in probing rather delicate and substantial documents, as well as that that the FIA doesn't want to ruin the Japanese weekend with an issue that could destabilize the Circus, and not by a little.
