Let's talk Racing Point AKA Aston Martin

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There is a lot going on with racing point at the moment. I thought it would be a good idea to create a separate thread to discuss Racing Point.

Firstly is the COPYING APPEAL.

While Renault has pulled out of the appeal process, Ferrari seem very invested in pursuing this to the end. Meanwhile Racing point has already suffered a 15 points drop in the constructors championship and a $400k penalty for a midfield team that was almost on it way out of F1 at the end of 2018.

Racing Point copying Mercedes introduces a new perspective to the issue of development cost burden facing midfield teams. It suggests that, midfiled teams can save cost by buying old chassis of the manufacturer teams and save on development cost that way. Which would reduce the financial pressure driving the midfield teams into financial dificulties. This approach retains the DNA of F1 but does not necessarily bridge the gap between the big spenders and the customer privateer teams. But it guarantees stiff competition in the midfield, and the midfield cars would be good enough to win races when the big teams are not having a good weekend.



The real question now is, does it have to be a level playing field? Is that such an important thing such that it is necessary to break the F1 DNA? Hence, the new 2022 regulation seem abit draconian when you really compare it to the new alternative that the Racing Point and Haas approach has introduced.

But let us not forget those teams that prefer to manufacture their own chassis rather than buy some other team's cast off. They would continue to be faced with a ballooning cost to be able to match the big teams like Ferrari, Mercedes and Redbull competitively. But that is choice for those teams really don't you think. There is an unavoidable price to taking on the big teams. That is the way it should be to preserve the innovative cooking pot that makes F1 such a unique racing formula. There is a diminishing return on spending which would suggest that there is an inherent limit to the spending of the big teams. Ferrari has hit it, The more they spend, the less the return on investment it seems.

PEREZ Vs VETTEL

There seem to be much talk about Vettel heading to Racing Point. Most of us have concluded that if that was the case, then it would be to replace Perez rather than the slower Lance Stroll. While l rate Vettel highly, it still begger the question as to why would Racing Point want to dump Perez for Vettel.



Lots of questions come to mind, like is Vettel going to do a better job than Perez for instance. Considering that Perez has been exceptional for Racing Point and has been their longest serving dedicate and loyal driver. What is the up side for Racing Point to make this change?



The obvious things are, that Racing Point would have a multiple world champion in their car. Which would suit Aston Martin from a commercial stand point. With Aston Martin's investment in the team, they can probably afford to lose Perez's funding from his backers. But in commonsence terms, would they normally choose Vettel over Perez?