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Originally Posted by Mahler9th
F1 cars are complex machines operated in extreme circumstances where life versus death can be on the line, and I would surmise that nearly every F1 team, and possibly teams in junior professional formulas have operational experience and practices very much like businesses that work in regulated industries like aircraft and medical device/equipment manufacturing.
Manufacturing components, sub-systems and even complete systems based on existing designs I would surmise would be right in their wheelhouses.
I would also surmise that their design talents could also be helpful, but perhaps less impactful.
And I would also hypothesize that they might have some realistic limits in terms of manufacturing output. But anything is better than nothing.
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Your surmising's are pretty spot on but I think you under estimate manufacturing output that the larger teams have in house and available through their network of small, dynamic suppliers
All F1 machine shops are capable of running 24hrs, speed is the name of the game before a car a car hits a track so programming/machining time will be compressed within time limits beyond most other industries
I've on more than one occasion designed a complex machined part finishing the design late at night only to be presented with finished components within less than a day
An F1 team I'm sure would out design, out machine and out manufacture any comparable sized defense company with regards to timescales
Speed of working is one of the reason's why Elon Musk came calling to F1 teams to try and poach people for his SpaceX program
20yrs of F1 design/design management makes me think any team would be an excellent asset for a country to have in contributing to a war effort