Accepted Breach Agreement (ABA) – Individual F1 Team Member

In Simple Terms

If the Cost Cap Administration finds that an individual team member (like an engineer or staff member) has broken cost cap rules, they can offer that person a deal called an Accepted Breach Agreement (ABA) to resolve the issue. Importantly, there's no right to appeal whether the Cost Cap Administration decides to offer this deal or not.

• The Cost Cap Administration has discretion to offer an ABA when an individual team member breaches cost cap obligations
• An ABA is a settlement agreement between the Cost Cap Administration and the individual team member
• There is no appeal process regarding the decision to offer or enter into an ABA
• This applies specifically to individual team members, not teams themselves