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Originally Posted by herr_oberst
They'll have the same budget as everyone. I'm not sure how much extra they'll have as a startup, but they'll be hamstrung just like everyone else in the quest for parity.
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Oh, and they won't cheat. No one does that.
But you're relating this to money only. I'm relating to the talent pool that is available. Sure, at a price. But what does Northrop pay when they are always bidding for work? I thing GM can match that and use the budget wisely.
Sure, I have no idea of the rules, but GM allocating time in their wind tunnel for F1 has to be a little more than keeping an eye on Red Bull Racing. Anything GM builds has, as Captain says, the potential to evolve the core business, transportation. What does Red Bull do there?
A lot, I'm sure but having Toyota, Honda, Ford, GM in racing has to trickle down technology. Now the new thing to avoid the budget restrictions might be 'trickle up'.
Did you know that new shape of the turn signal stalk was going to be a suspension arm?