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Originally posted by Gt_R
It's completely unrealistic to expect Ferrari to give away their engines FOC. And it's not a matter of giving engines to help. But that Ferrari has publicly lend stability, by agreeing to supply them the equipment (as long as there is cash), to the ailing team which could help attract sponsors, who now at least know that if they would sponsor the team...the team would run with some bit of competitiveness. It makes the sponsorship a less risky affair. In this respect, Ferrari had done more than her fair share to aid smaller teams.
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Could not have said it better Gt_R. There is no criticism due Ferrari in the matter of Prost. In addition, I see no reason why Daimler/Chrysler or BMW should feel obliged to sell their F1 engines to others. Free enterprise is still the name of the game. If keeping their designs as secret as possible is worth the sacrifice in revenues to be had from selling the year-old engines, then that is their decision to make.
