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Originally Posted by sssssssss
as far as the money the teams invest in their programs is concerned, things are pretty simple: it's not audi's fault toyota don't want to supply their own lmp program with enough resources. you could blame audi for spending too much money when a budget cap would be implemented. atm, them spending the money they spend shows nothing else but caring about their image and really wanting to win.
why didn't toyota bring the subject up last year? why don't audi whine about the FWD flywheel hybrid solution and claim to change the rules in order to make it more powerful?
again: you can't just pretend all these years in lmp1 don't count in any way experience-wise and efficiency-wise and just try to censor audi's efforts in order for your half-prepared project to keep up with them.
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Audi have completely defined what "enough resources" means. It's their game. If Toyota was the only manufacturer and Rebellion started to complain, then we'd talk of Rebellion not having a big enough budget...
Why should one team get to decide how much to spend? Toyota are sending two hybrid powered cars across the globe, in a season which covers more miles on track than the Formula One season, and they're paying for 4 professional drivers full time, sometimes six.
Yes, they're in a shoe-string, but only comparatively. Their opponent is Audi and Audi has decided how much money it takes to win Le Mans, by being the "hare" in terms of money spent. Toyota have to chase that.