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Originally Posted by GTRMagic
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Interesting prices.
It certainly gives you a cause to wonder about why F1 costs so much and how much wastage there is in F1.
So a Mercedes engine deal is $26.5 million (15.9 mil pounds) and the others considerably more.
When the Cosworth DFV was able to be purchased in 1968 they were 7500 quid a unit ($12500 USD) so the cost a Mercedes power unit for a year for one team could buy you 2120 DFV's at 1968 prices....
That would be enough to supply all 22 entries with a new DFV at every race for 5 years..... and still have enough left over to carry a spare engine for each entry in reserve...
F1 wastes money and resources at an incredible rate. It doesn't provide value for money for its paying customers, but nor does it get value for money for it's participants.
It simply spends what it has, and then some.