FORMULA ONE bosses are confident all ten teams will today sign up to controversial new rules for the 2021 season.
F1 teams have been at loggerheads with owners Liberty Media over plans for the sport’s future — including opposition to a £135million cost-cap.
F1 chief Chase Carey now believes changes can go through, starting in 2021
Liberty were forced to postpone an initial deadline of June and Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto warned his team were ready to veto some proposals.
Yet F1 boss Chase Carey is optimistic they would all reach an agreement in time for today’s deadline.
He said: “We feel good about the vote. We’ve gone through a long process, engaged with the teams, we took the World Motor Sport Council through what’s been voted on earlier this month.
“I’m hopeful and expecting the vote to be approved — but you don’t control the vote.
‘POSITIVE STEP FORWARD’
“Having the rules done is a positive. I do not know if it is a game-changing process, but it’s never done until it’s done.
“There won’t be a flood of things that happen behind it, though it’s a positive step forward.”
Some of the big teams have opposed a cap on spending.
Carey admitted: “There’s been noise around the cost cap, but realistically these teams are rebuilding the car every year, no matter what.
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton and Co will soon have a revamped F1Credit: Alamy Live News
“This is a transition and we feel it’s important to move forward with the transition.
“What we are really doing is transitioning to a long-term structure that’s healthier for the business, healthier for the sport on the track, healthier for the teams in it.”
Meanwhile, F1’s plans to host a Miami Grand Prix have hit another snag after a backlash from local residents.
Liberty Media eagerly rushed out news about the proposed race around the Miami Dolphins’ Hard Rock Stadium in 2021.
Yet after public complaints, they will now need a further public hearing in December to see it it will get the go ahead.
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