I'm not sure that the three teams are better than one idea is entirely right - it probably depends on a number of factors. Obviously France are benefiting from the input of Lapierre and Premat, and Switzerland from Jani, but I'd suggest that the people running the teams make a big difference - I remember hearing that Arden weren't going to send their main team (headed by Mick Cook) but would be hiring in mechanics and engineers to run the A1 programme, and that would make a huge difference to their level of success.
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