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Brawn: Customer cars good for F1
Topic Started: May 12 2008, 08:31 PM (685 Views)
pedal power
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If customer cars were to be allowed in F1, then those teams who adopt customer cars should be exempt from receiving any money and points in the constructor’s championship.

There should be a second table listing the customers teams (to be used for allocating garage spaces)

Garage allocation should be done first for the main constructor teams and then followed by customer teams.

On a separate note, are STR a customer car team all but in name.
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pedal power,May 14 2008
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If customer cars were to be allowed in F1, then those teams who adopt customer cars should be exempt from receiving any money and points in the constructor’s championship.

There should be a second table listing the customers teams (to be used for allocating garage spaces)

Garage allocation should be done first for the main constructor teams and then followed by customer teams.

On a separate note, are STR a customer car team all but in name.

If you look at that statement in the harsh light of day then in reality there are how many genuine constructors in F1 that don't have the resources of an automative industry behind them?

Williams, RedBull and STR (sort of), Mclaren, Force India and Ferrari (sort of).

We also have Honda, Toyota, Renault, BMW and Ferrari (sort of). These teams are supported by multi billion dollar industries. You could even say Mclaren has the support of mercedes, so that leaves, Williams, RedBull, STR and Force India and out of that list STR are dubious, so it leaves us with only 3 genuinely owned teams.

Williams are fighting for their lives for survival at the moment as they are one of the few surviving old school teams around, the rest having been bought out by guys with too much money and Mclaren having to a degree sold out for financial security.

How does the no customer cars add up now? It is infact only unfair on one or two teams who have genuinely earned their place to be there, the rest are there on funding of greater organisations.

F1 needs to change.
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On a separate note, are STR a customer car team all but in name.


lol even that is borrowed, as it means for all intents "Red Bull Racing" think about it. Just because it's in Italian doesn't change it's meaning.
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pedal power,May 14 2008
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On a separate note, are STR a customer car team all but in name.

Kind of. They don't use the current RB chassis, but theirs is a development of and older one, done by RB on their behalf. Technically, it isn't a customer chassis because it is unique, and they merely employ the services of RB to help develop it. So it's legal, but against the spirit of the regs, which is what Spyker were always protesting about. ie STR car part designs being done on paper with the RB logo ....
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As far as I know the new STR car will be a clone of the RB4. But Red Bull Racing are as much of a customer team as STR are, because the car was developed by neither team but by Red Bull Technologies, which is a separate company.
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pedal power,May 14 2008
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If customer cars were to be allowed in F1, then those teams who adopt customer cars should be exempt from receiving any money and points in the constructor’s championship.

There should be a second table listing the customers teams (to be used for allocating garage spaces)

Garage allocation should be done first for the main constructor teams and then followed by customer teams.

On a separate note, are STR a customer car team all but in name.

How do they make any money if points dont mean prizes? Advertising is not enough, just ask Super Aguri?
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F1 kit cars. I like it. Yes, really!
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