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Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr
With the budget cap, every F1 team is running on a healthy profit, no team needs a 'pay driver'
In the past a 'pay driver' often meant the difference between a team surviving or going bankrupt
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Yes, there is a budget cap - to keep the big boys at bay - but I'd bet there is more than one team that would like to have more money to reach that height.
More to the point, however, someone has to pay for all those cars wrecked so far this season. Got 50$mn, you can drive. Why the dts crowd thinks F1 is some sort of meritocracy and buying your way in is shameful I don't get. Everyone buys their way in one way or another. Even Lauda, my original F1 "hero" paid. (Then had to go win another championship to keep his planes in the air - quite the irony).