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Originally Posted by wolfhound
The problem is that the current mid field teams would end up behind a small team with 1/3 the budget. Another factor if you were contracted to a top team who produced a dog like McLaren did this year and the customer team has no capacity to do anything about it.
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Point one. Nothing wrong with beating a team on only 1 third of the their budget... we need a cheaper sport anyway...
Point two. There is nothing compulsory about whose chassis you use. The second teams would make their choice based on any alliances and the pay off for choosing the best chassis (which may not be quite the same value as the builder if an open market).
Point three. If there was a financial interest of the A team in the B team car then yes they would be in a difficult position but I think that the A teams should be allowed to do extended testing in the off season, even if it was governed by releasing teams to do specific testing at set times and circuits during the development process. The present system is pathetic.