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Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr
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
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I really enjoyed Amazon's "Grand Prix Driver" episode in which Honda was having trouble with getting their new ICE to fire up. The McLaren guys produced a 3-D drawing, papers to authorize production, and had it ready in less time than it took to get the factory in Sakura to sign the OK to produce the part.