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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
The days of more teams showing up to qualify than there are available grid spots are long gone in F1. How long has it been? At least 30 years since teams that showed up didn't make the show and had to go home?
We still see this at lower levels of racing, of course. I think the sheer enormity of the commitment, and not just cost wise, effectively precludes anyone building a modern F1 team just to see if they can make the field.
I agree with our good Captain's assessment. Andretti simply does not grasp the full scope of what he is trying to get into. He does not have the resources to compete, either from a financial standpoint or from a talent standpoint. Not starting from ground zero.
Maybe he will end up buying one of the teams that is already established, but are barely hanging on themselves. I think that would be a better point of entry for him. There are a few that could conceivably come available in the next few years.
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Some good point brought up here. Maybe having a fixed field is what's wrong. The fact that Ecclestone became billionaire 'owning' F1 was wrong. IMHO.
In essensense, all of racing is a fixed field. Hardly do you see more than 16 teams at NHRA in the top classes. NASCAR sends few home except Daytona 500 when old bones come out of the closet. Indy Car has a varying field, but I think if you're within a percentage, you race. At the Indy 500 maybe one car doesn't make it. One or 2 for the last several year as opposed the the 50 some odd cars that would try 30 years ago.