Even buying an R5 wouldn't cost 400k. The insurance thing is a big IF but this way his sponsors are getting no exposure for their investment. Driving an R5 would give at least something. And the race running cost of a WRC car is probably double the amount of an R5.
Dude..
Im talking financial exposure. running costs are not recoverable now. A 600k car is scrap, and running a R5 with no insurance has a further exposure of 400k.
Piastri breaks Mercedes' P1 hegemony at the Japan Grand Prix.
Oscar Piastri was the quickest in FP1, finishing marginally ahead of the two Mercedes drivers, Kimi Antonelli and George Russell.
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