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I think Rebellion's aspiration of 3 podium positions this year is ambitious but not absurd.
We've had periods in the past where a specialist can keep factories honest (think about the likes of Dyson and Zytek in the mid-00s) but Speed-King's point about the relative scales of investment cuts to the heart of it.
It does raise the interesting point though, that if the WEC could raise its profile so it became attractive to a Caterham / Marussia etc then it's feasible that an outfit with those sort of resources could come up with a surprise, and possibly get the better result than they're achieving in F1. Indeed, if the profile could be got to the position where a meaningful commercial proposition could be made for WEC participation then privateers in general could close the gap - I suspect if we asked Bart Hayden if he could use a doubling of budget and would that help him get better results the answer would be a pretty resounding "yes"...
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