Alpine dismiss concerns over impact of 'costly' Australia crash
Alpine boss Otmar Szafnauer is not concerned by a possible cost cap impact from the squad's dramatic exit out of the Australian Grand Prix.
Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon made contact at the penultimate restart of an eventful race, resulting in both retiring from the running due to the damage sustained.
When asked about the ramifications from this on the budget cap, Szafnauer voiced his confidence that the team would not be too greatly affected.
"From a budget cap perspective, I think we are going to be okay, from everything I know," the Team Principal explained to media, including TheFOXposts.Com .
"So I don't think there's any concerns. It will be costly so, from a money perspective, it probably would have been a lot less costly had it not happened." Preparations for Baku In terms of whether there could be an impact on the team's preparations for the next race on the calendar – the Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Szafnauer sugg...