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Originally Posted by Alan52
I think 24 is pushing it for the team members in particular but there’s no way they can go back to 20 even if they wanted to.
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When teams have 500+ research and development personnel, to say they cannot afford an extra 60-80 personnel for a second set of race mechanics, race engineers & logistics is farcical.
There is no reason why the race crews cannot be divided into two sets with 12 race meetings each.
One worries merely that the F1 teams would rather, selfishly, spend their budget cap on R&D for go fast bits than two sets of race crews... Almost as if car performance is their number one priority [ruddy garagiste spirit showing up those inefficient contintental teams
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Originally Posted by ScotsBrutesFan
What do you perceive as waste that can be cut ?
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There's 6 days of pre-season testing that are not strictly necessary. Those could be cut, saving two race meetings worth of effort. Go straight to the first race with untested vehicles, much more uncertainty and excitement.
Banning testing encourages teams to invest in advanced dynos (e.g., $40m AVL dynos) and car-in-the-loop simulators, so the use of dynos and simulators could also be banned.
The majority of cost, after all, goes to non-racing activities like research and development. Improving and making continual prototypes being far more expensive than mass production. Just racing cars themselves, and using the same parts for years and years particularly, however can be quite cost controlled (refer Indycar or F2). There were, if I am not mistaken, huge economies of scale with the Cosworth DFV being both mass-produced and used for nearly 15 seasons of F1 racing. So such economies of scale would be the goal.
Teams also have huge motorhomes which are unnecessary and could be banned.
Pitstops could be reduced to 6 personnel like F2 instead of 20 personnel. Easy saving there.
Tyre blankets will be banned in 2024, but that could be brought forward.
Gearbox and engine changes during the race meeting could be banned, as now they are now not just building the car on Thursday with an older engine and older gearbox, but then
rebuilding it again on Friday night with the different race engine and race gearbox. This is unnecessary.
Lots of things where saving could be done.