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Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks
Running the race cars with a brand on the side is a profit making exercise, whereas developing a race car is a loss-making exercise.
If a number of teams are only interested in running cars and not developing them (e.g., Team 18, Team Sydney, Matt Stone Racing), why force them into a technical arms which they have no interest in?
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Nobody's forcing them. but car racing is an arms race.
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Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks
So what does it matter if Gen 3 cars are actually identical!?
Does even one single fan care that GRM use Kevlar wheel arches when Kelly Racing use carbon-fibre wheel arches? Nobody cares about the minute differences that are still allowed, it makes no difference to anybody.
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Possibly not the fans, but GRM and Kellys do.
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Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks
For example, the Supashock control shock or Alcon control brakes have come in... It's not like we've seen fans throwing away their Sachs or Brembo flags away in disgust at their favourite brand of shock or brake caliper being outlawed!
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Car racing is outlet for the automotive industry. When it isn't that then it's lame.