Earlier this year Formula One boss Max Mosley confirmed, in a letter to all 11 teams active at the time, that there would be a team budget cap in place for the 2009 season.
The cap is rather specific and excludes several areas, such as engine construction and development, driver wages, marketing and promotion, and, not surprisingly, team principal wages.
It's difficult at this time to determine what exactly this will mean for the 2009 season and how it will affect the way teams spend money. With the restrictions placed on car development and design for the 2009 season, a budget cap on aerodynamic design may well be a non-issue anyhow.
Some teams, especially BMW Sauber, have expressed interest in such a system. Lowering the amount of money the teams must spend to stay competitive is obviously appealing to many of the current squads, and it is a primary goal of Mosley, as he moves forward with his bevy of planned changes.
This seems to follow in the shadow of the somewhat abstract restrictions placed on wind tunnel and CFD use this season. It appears that the current Formula One Management is intent on limited the technological freedom of the sport, for better or worse.
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