Teams working together

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Good to see old school rants about this. I’m too disillusioned to read all the thoughts, but…

I’ve long thought the teams should all have hard walls formed through a separation of fundamental components. Ie; if a team shares a gearbox, they can’t use the same engine, if they have a technical partnership with wind tunnel sharing, same rule. Same gearbox, can’t share suspension components. Common owners, must have different engines.
The point is simply to force vested interests apart. Of course the B team will be compromised by the A team, even if it is unsaid.

Now there’s a budget cap for all, cost savings is counter-intuitively less relevant. Every team has a budget. Spend it. Having 2 Red-Bull Honda teams means the group is not being compromised if 1 driver from team B does something to favour team A. If they both have different engines, at least the engine supplier might be pissed about this scenario…

I think we have to accept that some level of collusion might exist from time to time. It’s such a close, closed paddock. Jerez 97’ Williams gifting a win to McLaren, for favours paid?

By the way, I’ve always hated a point for fastest lap, but I see nothing wrong with DR going for it whilst running last, for any reason.

Sorry for the word salad.

[Big Tea]

It may even have crossed someone's mind that seeing his fastest lap taken away Lando may retry, and overcook, losing his win and maybe more

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Mercedes has Williams, Ferrari Haas, Red Bull has VCARB. Aston, McLaren, Sauber, and Alpine could have their alliances, but it wouldn't really serve McLaren to have an ally take away a fastest lap point from their own driver now will it!

But really, there is nothing wrong with Dan or Yuki or KMAG wanting to go for fastest lap if they aren't in the points. The fastest lap record has been around forever. You can't have a fastest lap, and then award a point to the fastest driver in the top 10 position who didn't set the fastest lap. That's plain stupid. So really it only makes sense to give a point to the driver IF he's in the points, since F1 is so stingy about points and makes a big deal about earning 1 single point. Teams have gone bankrupt just trying to attend a race only to go home EVERY SINGLE RACE WITH NO POINTS. So yeah, fastest lap should be awarded to the driver who sets the fastest lap, points or not. And besides, McLaren has no ground or proof, since Ric can simply say he had something against McLaren and would do everything possible to prevent Lando from getting the WDC. The two did not get off to a good start (remember the "I will end you!"). It's not a coalition championship, it's personal!

You’ve been watching too much Drive to Survive. That comment was clearly made as a joke and it was taken out of context by DTS to play up a rivalry that didn’t exist.

Nobody who grew up with English as their first language would use that term in a serious manner. It’s clearly a joke.

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You’ve been watching too much Drive to Survive. That comment was clearly made as a joke and it was taken out of context by DTS to play up a rivalry that didn’t exist.

Nobody who grew up with English as their first language would use that term in a serious manner. It’s clearly a joke.

Yeah right, I never watch Drive to Survive. I've followed F1 since 1986 and don't need DTS to know what's going on in the paddock.

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You’ve been watching too much Drive to Survive. That comment was clearly made as a joke and it was taken out of context by DTS to play up a rivalry that didn’t exist.

Nobody who grew up with English as their first language would use that term in a serious manner. It’s clearly a joke.

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Yeah right, I never watch Drive to Survive. I've followed F1 since 1986 and don't need DTS to know what's going on in the paddock.

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Well said!!