as it stands now in NASCAR (don't look at me like that I got this from race car engineering), any team/manufacturer can buy any other manufacturers engine at what I believe is a fixed price. Those cars run no data no telemetry no fuel injection and they still spend a large some (I have heard estimates of above $20 million US per car per season. and thats without any really advanced technical research and without ANY air freight. I like the idea though it seems like any way of reducing costs should be considered.
My personal idea is to allow any team with less than 5 years experience to buy year old chassis from teams for a specific price so that they can at least be somewhat competitive while they get on their feet
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