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David Rosenthal: commitment

2 Mar 2026 Acquired Formula 1

“We are going to help you guys institute a cost cap on manufacturing and we'll help you design it.”

— David Rosenthal

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Speaker
David Rosenthal
Attribution
Verified speaker
Claim type
commitment
Recorded
2 Mar 2026
Publisher
Acquired
Episode
Formula 1

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…Yep. So as they get into 2008, Bernie, CVC and the FIA all team up and they float a solution, a lifeline to the teams. We are going to help you guys institute a cost cap on manufacturing and we'll help you design it. Let's get it approved by all the teams. This will save you. Basically what they're proposing is the F1 equivalent of a salary cap in other sports like the NFL or the NBA. Except instead of on the players, the salary cap is going to be on the investments into the cars. Yes. And there are some teams that are a fan of this and there are other teams who hate this more than anything they could possibly imagine.…

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