2021 Formula 1 Thread

ZCanadian · 08-19-2021, 11:27 AM

In other words: "We're Alpine. We have no friends who will share with us. So we'll raise a stink if other teams do. Not that we know it's happening but we're paranoid. Which doesn't mean it's not happening,".

It's not Mercedes' fault, or Ferrari's or Honda's, that Cyril lost all of Renault's customer teams. Of course there will be some technology trading. Well, "sales" actually. It won't be as blatant as Tracing Point, but it'll be there. Who honestly believes that Alpha Tauri won't benefit from developments at Red Bull. Or that in order to fit the mechanicals from Mercedes into their own cars, customer teams won't be let in on some of the magic that Merc has come up with.

The FIA needs to understand that their cost cap does not exist in a vacuum, and teams agreed to it based on their own understandings of what they could and could not get away with. Renault/Alpine have to get over themselves, and just develop a very good car for next year. They have done a decent job this far in 2021. Even the engines have been decently reliable for the first time in years.

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08-19-2021, 11:27 AM	#10 (permalink)
ZCanadian A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Canada Posts: 1,061 Drives: 2013 370Z Rep Power: 60275	In other words: "We're Alpine. We have no friends who will share with us. So we'll raise a stink if other teams do. Not that we know it's happening but we're paranoid. Which doesn't mean it's not happening,". It's not Mercedes' fault, or Ferrari's or Honda's, that Cyril lost all of Renault's customer teams. Of course there will be some technology trading. Well, "sales" actually. It won't be as blatant as Tracing Point, but it'll be there. Who honestly believes that Alpha Tauri won't benefit from developments at Red Bull. Or that in order to fit the mechanicals from Mercedes into their own cars, customer teams won't be let in on some of the magic that Merc has come up with. The FIA needs to understand that their cost cap does not exist in a vacuum, and teams agreed to it based on their own understandings of what they could and could not get away with. Renault/Alpine have to get over themselves, and just develop a very good car for next year. They have done a decent job this far in 2021. Even the engines have been decently reliable for the first time in years.