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Williams CEO Jost Capito says teams should not be blamed for doing the best job, instead other teams should do a better job to catch up.
Many believe that the drastic Formula 1 rule changes that are being introduced in 2022, combined with the cost cap that is being implemented in 2021, are all aimed at stopping Mercedes’ domination.
The German team has won all Formula 1 drivers’ and constructors’ championships since 2014, and a lot of insiders and observers want to see the team dethroned. However, Williams’ new boss Jost Capito, who oversaw the dominant Volkswagen World Rally Championship team, says this shouldn’t happen by intentionally implementing rules designed to “penalize” teams for being successful.
“If someone dominates for years then they dominate for years because they are the best,” the German said.
“It was in rallying, at Volkswagen, when we were quite successful, Jean Todt came up to me at one rally and said ‘hey Jost you are winning too much’, and I said ‘go to the others and tell them they are losing too much!
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“You shouldn’t blame the guy who does the best job and I think in motorsport, especially in Formula 1, there shouldn’t be balance of performance or some artificial competition.
“The guys who do the best job, and the drivers who do the best job, should win, and if they win for 10 years, they win for 10 years, fine, then everybody has to catch up and has to do a better job.
“You shouldn’t be punished in Formula 1 for not doing the best job, and then if you do a better job and you catch up you shouldn’t be punished by the balance of performance to move back again, yeah?”
Thank you Jost for saying something that is rarely being said publicly. How is it Mercedes’ fault for doing the best job, in a competition where the goal is to win by doing the best possible job that you can do? It’s not, and other teams sould step up their game.
