Quote Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
At least it would give Spyker some one to race against.
Exactly. Minardi went from a respectable mid-grid team in the early 90s to perennial backmarkers by the end of the decade - not because they had particularly got worse off - but every team behind them hit the wall!

It's a competition - someone has to be at the back. It doesn't make them a shambolic outfit. I'd have nothing against F1 putting the anchors on a potential Andrea Moda or Life, but looking at some non F1 single seater teams around, ART/ASM, Carlin, Arden, Super Nova, and there's a load I've missed - all quality operations who would no doubt add value to an expanded F1 grid. Natural selection and economics would keep the entry list at a sensible size anyway...no need for artifical restrictions to preserve a team's "franchise" *shudders*