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Originally Posted by ivanalesi
Leclerc is managed by Todt, but comes from Monaco and if he's really connected with the supermarkets as you suggest... yeah, F1 is matter of time.
I think it's a bit more unfair now with all this uber high tech preparation than a decade ago, because it costs 100s thousands on top of all the extra testing and racing such rich kids can afford.
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Ivan, I think perhaps unfair is a description from a bygone age were motor racing is concerned, I think sponsors are very suspicious of motor racing and F1 in particular so for me the next generation of F1 drivers will all share similar social backgrounds, I personally can understand why the family of Charles Pic would spend 30 to 40 million on his career, they figured they could probably over a period of time buy him further up the grid (the theory on this was once explained to me by a top F3 team owner), when that for 014 was not possible I am sure they took the view to step back and view the land scape for 015 when a team higher up the grid might need an injection of cash and he would be attractive with his budget and experience. The Pic Family clearly will not be disadvantaged by the outlay and there a lots of similar families in Europe and Asia with motorsport loving sons and daughters, there are virtually no other global hi visibility sports were you can buy up to the top table except F1 so it's attractive and even though it has a reducing appeal to the masses, it will I am sure sustain through its attractiveness to the global elite.