It will be interesting to see what the FIA do with the qualifying for the two races. Are they going to drop 2 rounds of 4, or 2 for the first round and 6 for the second?
Maybe it will thin out some of the pay drivers. No more Chiltons and Ericssons; instead, the Ocons of the world might get a shot.So it looks like three car teams is going to happen then... Be good to see some of the reserve drivers get a chance.
Maybe it will thin out some of the pay drivers. No more Chiltons and Ericssons; instead, the Ocons of the world might get a shot.
It might be an easy way to bring budgets down. Toto Wolff reckons it will cost $20 million for a third car. So make them run a third car, but only allow them to have two cars score WCC points. Until now, they have happily thrown millions at finding a tenth of a second over five and a half kilometres. But with a third car, no discernable benefit to them and all of the incentive in the world in the shape of a cost they cannot absorb, watch them pounce on the idea of cost cutting. And once they get the ball running, why stop there? The FIA has tried to lure them with a carrot for years and it hasn't worked. Now it's time for the stick.I hate the idea of three-car teams.
It might be an easy way to bring budgets down. Toto Wolff reckons it will cost $20 million for a third car. So make them run a third car, but only allow them to have two cars score WCC points.
What does that mean by 'supply'. A McLaren in Caterham livery? I thought customer cars were equally forbidden.
" If Red Bull decided they would give a car to Caterham for example that could solve their problem."
Think of how Bernie works though... he says "this is what you're gonna get. If you don't like it think of something else or go home".
They usually think of something else very quickly.
I honestly don't see how the teams can come up with anything else, and if this is truly what the teams have signed up for, they're stuck with it.
Marussia are apparently in luckUgh, I hate seeing all these smaller teams go. I can't believe that there's still no sort of safety net for the teams where most talent gets their first steps in the F1. I hope Caterham and Marussia find some way to get more money or some way to get the costs down.
Chilton's dad should buy the team. Run Tom as the second driver.
Marussia being in a better position than Caterham helps them get a buyer since there's the bonus at the end of the season waiting for them.
As of right now, they're the ones with the shiny $40 million bonus coming to them. It's very well possible that Sauber, or even on a higher chance of craziness happening... Lotus, could score 3 points somehow and get that 9th place.But is it though? Sauber could very well score enough points to overtake them in the WCC.
As of right now, they're the ones with the shiny $40 million bonus coming to them. It's very well possible that Sauber, or even on a higher chance of craziness happening... Lotus, could score 3 points somehow and get that 9th place.