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Caterham, Marussia and HRT certainly added 'value' to the sport at the start of the 2010s when they raced as the backmarker teams. The brief moments that they stood out were particularly exciting. Narain Karthikeyan running in the top six for half a lap for HRT in Malaysia 2012 springs to mind, as does Giedo van der Garde finishing third in Q1 in Spa 2013 for Caterham, Jules Bianchi finishing ninth in Monaco 2014, Bianchi and Chilton very briefly making it a Marussia 1-2 towards the end of Q1 in Silverstone 2014. Having three teams at the back for everyone to root for, hoping they would make Q2 or score a point, was a big highlight of the early 2010s.
I think three spots should be open for new teams, and if they join and are able to battle in the midfield or even at the top then that would be great, but if, more likely, they struggle and are consistently at the back, then no harm done. That would be good too.
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