Vanja #66 wrote: ↑25 Jan 2024, 15:22
The second team was made to be used as a training and testing team for the most promising youngsters and
it was only accepted by other teams as such at the time.
The same for Super Aguri?
I don't remember any such conditions around Toro Rosso and Super Aguri. Do you have references for that?
By 2009, they were no longer permitted to use last year's Red Bull and last year's Honda anyway.
Formula One can expect a new team next year after Honda-backed Super Aguri announced on Wednesday that they had secured the support of all their competitors. "I am very happy to be able to announce that all 10 F1 teams have approved our late entry".
https://www.eurosport.com/formula-1/tea ... tory.shtml
The article mentions
nothing about Super Aguri only being allowed to field junior drivers. Am I missing something? Indeed, it was well-known that Super Aguri would field Takuma Sato who had four seasons of experience.
Minardi will not be able to run this year's Red Bull car next season, because that is forbidden in the regulations, but there will be clear links between the two teams. "Of course, it will be a kind of a sister team," said Mateschitz.
https://www.eurosport.com/formula-1/red ... tory.shtml
The only mention of Toro Rosso training junior drivers
comes from Red Bull itself in this article. It is NOT listed as a requirement of Red Bull Minardi-ownership, not in this article at least. Do you have a source that shows otherwise and that is was unacceptable for Toro Rosso to field anything other than junior drivers?
Vanja #66 wrote: ↑25 Jan 2024, 14:24
So it's now
allowed to have 2 teams both fully committed to fighting for the wins and titles?
It was always "allowed" for
any team to try to win.
Vanja #66 wrote: ↑25 Jan 2024, 14:24
Mercedes and Ferrari better hurry up and buy another 2 teams, each...
Exactly. I've said hundreds of times that it made no sense that Mercedes did not buy Manor Racing when it was available. A B-team would be valuable to Renault also, as it would give them at least two teams to spread engine development over.
It's important to have two teams. Red Bull and Honda have shown the benefit of that.