The FIA and Ferrari eventually reached a confidential settlement, angering rival teams.
The budget cap is due to be reduced further to $140m (roughly R2,452,996,000) in 2022 and $135m (roughly R2,365,389,000) from 2023.
Formula One has a history of whistleblowers providing important information.
A 2009 race-fixing scandal, when Renault were found to have ordered Brazilian Nelson Piquet Jnr to crash deliberately to help team mate Fernando Alonso win, featured a whistleblower "Witness X" who had been aware of the plan and opposed it.
"The teams have, in a very crude sense, this internal policing going on because they know this engineer will move to another team next season and you won't be able to retain that information," Formula One's managing director for motorsport Ross Brawn told SportsPro in March.
"There's self-policing, there's a whistleblowing system, and there's a strong group of auditors."
F1 governing body sets up whistleblowers' hotline
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Formula One's governing body has set up an online 24-hour "ethics and compliance hotline" for whistleblowers to report suspicious behaviour or concerns about possible misconduct in motorsport.
Formula One is set to introduce a $145-million (roughly R2,540,603,000) budget cap for the 10 teams next year, with whistle-blowing seen as a component of that.
The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said on Tuesday the new platform would help safeguard "the integrity and reputation of motorsport and automobile mobility worldwide".
The main areas concern violations of the FIA's ethical principles, issues related to sporting integrity and/or manipulation of competitions and anti-doping regulations.
Full confidentiality will be assured.
The FIA warned that anyone found to have intentionally made a false or misleading claim to create harm could face disciplinary measures, including criminal charges.
Formula One had a controversy last season when the legality of Ferrari's engine was under scrutiny, with Italian media suggesting a whistleblower had made allegations.
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The FIA and Ferrari eventually reached a confidential settlement, angering rival teams.
The budget cap is due to be reduced further to $140m (roughly R2,452,996,000) in 2022 and $135m (roughly R2,365,389,000) from 2023.
Formula One has a history of whistleblowers providing important information.
A 2009 race-fixing scandal, when Renault were found to have ordered Brazilian Nelson Piquet Jnr to crash deliberately to help team mate Fernando Alonso win, featured a whistleblower "Witness X" who had been aware of the plan and opposed it.
"The teams have, in a very crude sense, this internal policing going on because they know this engineer will move to another team next season and you won't be able to retain that information," Formula One's managing director for motorsport Ross Brawn told SportsPro in March.
"There's self-policing, there's a whistleblowing system, and there's a strong group of auditors."
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