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Muzzer79 said:
What incentive do Red Bull have to give Perez an inferior car?
This is not 1988. The difference in the Red Bull is aero, not engine. Why would Red Bull make different parts for Checo?
It's not as if Max needs more help.....
In simple terms it is better for RB for Perez to be worse, from what I understand entrance fees for F1 are based on points scored, so it pays for Perez to not win and finish lower wherever possible. This is not 1988. The difference in the Red Bull is aero, not engine. Why would Red Bull make different parts for Checo?
It's not as if Max needs more help.....
Is another issue that Red Bull's dominance means that the "Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday" adige no longer applies? The car manufacturers no longer win, a fizzy drink marketing company does. So, petrolheads can no longer associate their favourite brand with F1 success and vice versa.
I think the same thing happened with WRC when Loeb was so dominant. No longer the days when you could buy an Impreza, Evo, or Escort Cosworth to have that fandom and association with rally winner. Citroen never did produce a AWD turbo Xsara, and Subaru, Mitsubishi etc were not as successful so fans lost interest in the WRC and the road cars.
The WRC car rules that ended the requirement for using a production car as a basis under group A is what killed the homologation special road car.
Subaru and Mitsubishi still produced the Impreza STi and EVO as there was a market for those models, and they built GroupN versions for the production WRC class, but those manufacturers with no model line of AWD 2.0 turbo didn't develop one after the WRC cars were introduced.
The change was supposed to bring in more manufacturers, it didn't work and the link between the manufacturers production cars and the rally cars was broken.
Subaru and Mitsubishi still produced the Impreza STi and EVO as there was a market for those models, and they built GroupN versions for the production WRC class, but those manufacturers with no model line of AWD 2.0 turbo didn't develop one after the WRC cars were introduced.
The change was supposed to bring in more manufacturers, it didn't work and the link between the manufacturers production cars and the rally cars was broken.
WPA said:
Muzzer79 said:
What incentive do Red Bull have to give Perez an inferior car?
This is not 1988. The difference in the Red Bull is aero, not engine. Why would Red Bull make different parts for Checo?
It's not as if Max needs more help.....
In simple terms it is better for RB for Perez to be worse, from what I understand entrance fees for F1 are based on points scored, so it pays for Perez to not win and finish lower wherever possible. This is not 1988. The difference in the Red Bull is aero, not engine. Why would Red Bull make different parts for Checo?
It's not as if Max needs more help.....
Madness
Take the idea that they're confident enough for Verstappen to win the WCC on his own out of your head (if it's there) because that is not the case.
732NM said:
The WRC car rules that ended the requirement for using a production car as a basis under group A is what killed the homologation special road car.
Subaru and Mitsubishi still produced the Impreza STi and EVO as there was a market for those models, and they built GroupN versions for the production WRC class, but those manufacturers with no model line of AWD 2.0 turbo didn't develop one after the WRC cars were introduced.
The change was supposed to bring in more manufacturers, it didn't work and the link between the manufacturers production cars and the rally cars was broken.
Homologation special road cars are awesome, and the world needs more of them. How many rare but totally bonkers road cars have turned up over the years, as a result of homologation rules for racing? The only recent one that springs to mind is the GR Yaris, and there’s thousands of those out there now. Subaru and Mitsubishi still produced the Impreza STi and EVO as there was a market for those models, and they built GroupN versions for the production WRC class, but those manufacturers with no model line of AWD 2.0 turbo didn't develop one after the WRC cars were introduced.
The change was supposed to bring in more manufacturers, it didn't work and the link between the manufacturers production cars and the rally cars was broken.
Let the customers buy the same car on Monday, that won on Sunday.
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