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The Renault on the other hand, is somehow simultaneously "none more black" and "bright fucking yellow"!
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I'd get rid of the engine limit tomorrow if it was an option. But in your example I don't think that would change anything - if Merc are clearly quicker Ferrari are still going to run at 95% instead of 99% because it maximises their chances of keeping the position they're already in.
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However, nobody wants free reign to spend whatever they want, because the big teams will use the budget and buy an advantage. Not every team can afford a new engine for every race and 2 on Saturdays.
So what is the alternative? A spec engine/power train, or cost controls. Budget caps would be circumvented, but freezing engines and issuing a fixed number for a season with the challenge of: "make it reliable or you will be penalised" is, on paper, a great idea!
Sadly the spectacle is ruined in practice, because the engines are not as reliable as they need to be.
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It has cost far, far more to make an engine last 6 weekends than 30 shorter life'd engines last a session each over the same 6 meetings. This is why the likes of Merc have stuck firm on the engine numbers because they've already spent an eye watering amount on R&D to make an engine last this long.
Cheap, fast, reliable - pick any two.
The really stupid thing about these engine limits was an apparent target to cut costs, which of course is nonsense, as it meant the engine builders (mostly Merc) just spent all the money on R&D instead of on multiple engines per race, so the per-season cost of engine supply hasn't actually got any better for the little guys.
You can pay a small fortune to go to a track to watch Hamilton race Vettel and Vestappen only to find Vettel and Vestappen are at the back of the grid through no fault of their own and Hamilton cruises to a victory. The penalty points make a mockery of the whole sport. How can you have a 33 place grid penalty? It's the fans who suffer.
Teams deciding where to take a penalty ... is this now part of the sport? It's a joke.
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This.
Bernie was right when he said F1 is in the entertainment business - big V8's cut the energy recovery crap and driver aids and get some hairy arsed racing. Formula E is more relevant to road cars - F1 should admit defeat and create the motoring equivalent to a trip to the Colosseum in the days of the Roman empire. Get the worldwide audience and the likes of Ferrari and Mercedes would remain. Longer term F1 may have to go electric but I think that's at least 10 years away.
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Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!