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Originally Posted by MaysEffect
100% agree, but it doesn't make it a different car.
In the case of F1, all the teams are locked into a much more restricted formula than we ever would be with road cars. So there has to be some way of getting an advantage over your team mate and rivals.
At least with road cars, we have the option of making several changes to the base car. Tires, tire sizes, suspension, etc. Both Mercedes W08's use the same parts throughout.
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Semantics. No one is arguing that the difference between the two Mercedes F1 cars is like the difference between a Ford Focus and a Honda Civic.
The point is that the cars on track are not equal. Therefore, the same driver in a different car may produce different end results. There are lots of variables here, of course, that determine how much difference there is. And it will pretty much always be a "what if" scenario. But those variables are what give some validity to the discussion/question of "how would driver X fare in driver Y's car?". Cars on the same team are going to be closer in that regard, but I still wonder if Lewis or Seb could race the same in their respective teammate's car for a weekend. Not sure that's a question that can actually be answered though.