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Originally Posted by porsche962fan
I don't udnerstand how a team like WSR doesn't have any spare chassis around ?!
they have 3 cars of their own plus the two Cicely ones so it's a very high probability that something like this happens to one of them
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Short answer - £££
Long answer. Ciceley have purchased their cars, so they are no longer connected to the WSR entry.
The MB car is to a certain extent a separate entry. The reduced BMW branding means that there would need to be agreement from MB to run the car under the team BMW banner. MB would potentially (and justifiably) cut their support if WSR did that.
Which means they are (for all intents and purposes) budgeted as a 2-car entry.
So if you are budgeting to run 2 cars, building a spare makes little sense.
A few days ago you raised a concern that a reduction in backing from BMW would see Turkington without a drive. But you also don't understand why they haven't allocated budget for a spare car? Maybe they would have one if they budgeted less for their lead driver?