Analysis: Why the budget cap is the answer for F1 - Motorsport.com
Technological freedom on a smaller budget is the perfect solution for Formula 1, says Kate Walker. The concept of Formula 1's DNA is a confused one, given that the sport of grand prix motor racing has undergone numerous changes since it was first introduced. Whenever customer cars come up for discussion as a means of saving costs, we are told that the concept violates the sport's DNA - despite the fact that both and Williams started, in effect, by running customer cars. Recent talk of allowing two engines to run in direct competition with each other used historical precedence within the sport as a justification - having run turbos against naturally-aspirated engines before, why not do it again. But as F1 has flitted between sets of technical regulations, engine formulae, and back and forth between supplier wars and sole supply, what has never wavered is the aim to find that ingenious solution that will lead to a performance advantage. Necessity demanded invention, and with less money than a team would now spend on bottled water, F1 teams were making leaps and bounds in the then-nascent, now dominant, fields of aerodynamics and data-harvesting. When the data all points to one optimal solution, we soon find a. Source: www.motorsport.com
