New F1 Concept car

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Brawn magic! This looks sweet :-)


Obviously each team would try to adapt it to their design philosophy; long wheelbase, short wheelbase, wedged stance etc. It really does look the business. Assuming that is allowed????

This is where the main area of disagreement is going to lie. Stock chassis and stock engine or individual team designed chassis and engine. Stock chassis and engine would align F1 to F2 and the technical battle at the constructors level would disappear, but is that what F1 is about?

I suppose some may argue that, if Haas can buy technology and storm to the sharp end of the midfield, there is some precedent for stock chassis. But that is only one team doing this, every other team is designing and building their own components using whatever technical knowhow they have available. Sometimes they get it right, like Force India and Sauber; and sometimes they get it very wrong like Williams and Mclaren. You might argue that inability to get it right is no reason to change the formula but this is only fair if everyone is using the same level of resources. By this l mean same budget and same number of people etc. The calibre of the people available to each team should be the differentiating factor not the budget.

Can Mercedes, Ferrari or Redbull beat Force India on track using Force India's budget and the same number of staff?