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Chase Carey , president of Liberty Media, the company that owns Formula 1, met on Monday with Jean Todt and Ross Brawn , the two strongmen of the International Federation (FIA). A meeting at the highest level to face the immediate future of the Great Circus and that according to the data leaked by Brawn himself, left a clear winner: Ferrari.

The FIA ​​sports director confirmed that the 10 teams on the grid have reached an agreement on the budget limit for 2021. The figure ($ 145 million annually) meets the expectations of Ferrari and frustrates the rest of the teams in the middle zone, headed by McLaren, who did not want to exceed in any way the 100 million annually.

"It was a long battle. Now we will start at 145 million, but now we will have to discuss how much we will go down in the coming years," said Brawn, who led Scuderia during Michael Schumacher's golden years . In his opinion, the current "priority" of Formula 1, involved in the worst crisis in its 70-year history, is "economic sustainability".

Prize distribution

The claws of the pandemic very severely threaten the most modest teams, whose interests Zak Brown , McLaren's boss, tried to defend . Now, the only consolation for Williams, Haas, Alfa Romeo could be the distribution of prize money for 2021, which will be "much more equitable," according to the FIA ​​sports director.

All these details will be sent by letter to the teams, who will settle the agreement this week. "We are in the finals. Everything will be cleared up in the next few days," Brawn revealed.

This victory in the offices of Ferrari coincided on Monday with the reopening of its factories in Maranello and Modena, which will return to work at full capacity from Friday. However, the activity of his F1 team, like that of his nine opponents in the World Cup, will still have to wait at least four weeks.

Disheartening figures

On Monday, the results of Ferrari were also known during the first quarter of the year, where it registered 166 million profit, 8% less than the 180 million in 2019. In this way, the Cavallino brand must reduce its forecasts, so It expects to bill between 3,400 and 3,600 million euros, below the 4,100 million expected.

In the opinion of Louis Camilleri , Ferrari's chief executive, F1's morass will lead to a "drastic reduction" in its brand's revenue, stemming from commercial rights and sponsorship fees.

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