First, the cost cap is great to avoid big teams outspending everyone else. But it doesn’t put more money in the teams’ account. If Williams or Haas or McLaren get less prize money, they will have to reduce their budget below the cost cap.
Second, I don’t see how the new car rules or engine rules (which GM has failed all the deadlines) have anything to do with my rant. The existing teams will not forget how to build a chassis only because the wheelbase is a bit shorter, so it isn’t an opportunity for Andretti to catch up. And in fact you are wrong, Andretti will enter in 2025, and the new car and engine rules start in 2026. So they will have to design to completely different cars in two seasons while the rest of teams will just evolve their 2023-2024 cars for 2025. Another issue for them.
With respect to the third point, I guess you’re right. They don’t dilute the prize pot in their first season, and the anti-dilution fee covers for the second. But it is just another temporary patch that doesn’t solve the long-term problem though.
The cost cap, theoretically, makes all the teams business liabilities the same.
The new rules will force change, but Andretti doesn’t have to mind the rules on development until they actually enter. So, for instance, right now GM and Andretti are already working on their 2026 car. They can wind tunnel at will.
Yes the number of teams to share money will be one team larger by 2027, with money awarded 2028. But, I don’t know the last time a new te was able to collect enough points to make a difference their first years.
First, the cost cap is great to avoid big teams outspending everyone else. But it doesn’t put more money in the teams’ account. If Williams or Haas or McLaren get less prize money, they will have to reduce their budget below the cost cap.
Second, I don’t see how the new car rules or engine rules (which GM has failed all the deadlines) have anything to do with my rant. The existing teams will not forget how to build a chassis only because the wheelbase is a bit shorter, so it isn’t an opportunity for Andretti to catch up. And in fact you are wrong, Andretti will enter in 2025, and the new car and engine rules start in 2026. So they will have to design to completely different cars in two seasons while the rest of teams will just evolve their 2023-2024 cars for 2025. Another issue for them.
With respect to the third point, I guess you’re right. They don’t dilute the prize pot in their first season, and the anti-dilution fee covers for the second. But it is just another temporary patch that doesn’t solve the long-term problem though.
The cost cap, theoretically, makes all the teams business liabilities the same.
The new rules will force change, but Andretti doesn’t have to mind the rules on development until they actually enter. So, for instance, right now GM and Andretti are already working on their 2026 car. They can wind tunnel at will.
Yes the number of teams to share money will be one team larger by 2027, with money awarded 2028. But, I don’t know the last time a new te was able to collect enough points to make a difference their first years.