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Originally posted by Total-F1
Common parts in Formula One kind of defeats the whole point of it being the pinnacle of technology and motorsport, competition among the best manufacturers in the world and whatnot.
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Well yes and no - If we are talking about controlling spiralling costs then common parts make sense. Look at IRL for instance there is a choice of a couple of chassis, a couple of engines and a standard gearbox.
The budget for a single IRL car team is around $2million where 2 car F1 team is what $100million.
Standardised chasis etc saves money as it is a basic ecomony of scale.
Hell if BMW et'al want to all have there power in the back then great however in a standardised chasis, gearbox, ecu etc senario there is not only the saving in build costs but also in all the endless red tape caused by the constant bickering about who is exploiting which loop hole or who has the latest cutting edge 'technical' advance.
It would also let the skill of the driver come to the surface. It almost works in F3 and F3000 so why not try it in F1.
Now to put the soap box away.