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Old 7 Jun 2004, 22:18 (Ref:996727)   #5
swatty
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swatty should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
I seem to recall there is a two seater Maclaren too.

The reason teams spend the money on these cars is that they get a quicker Return on investment from a two seater car than they do from, say, a windtunnel. A car takes a few months to build and they can then charge corporate sponsors to use them, they can aslo be used for increaing the teams profile by use on TV and as prizes.

A wind tunnel, on the other hand, requires a building to house it and a lot of up front investment before it recoups any money, or improves the teams performance.
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