Originally Posted by
kshitijmalkan
While general sentiments may sway small folk like you and I. Formula 1 with all the money and all it's marketing for counterpart road departments will always be a business where cost effectiveness is closely measured/evaluated.
I am not saying this a McLaren Alfa is the way to go, certainly not as I am not privy to the numbers involved. But with a political cloud of uncertainty with regards to the 2020 rule changes and discussion over it, Ferrari are certainly far behind Mercedes in numbers, offering hem a unique position to sway votes to favour their offerings.
All I say is never say never.... let's be open to creating an environment that is constructive, increasing the presence of Ferrari. There is no use going all Donal Trump and closing the doors on all but a few (there are only a few to start off with).
Instead let's get what we can and keep a strong political stature, no use think of 2018 and 2019 and McLarens chasing us down. Think of 2020 onwards where if we don't have enough proxies now, Formula1 will in effect me Mercedes Formula and Renault/Honda/Ferrari/Audi-WV-Porsche all will be only playing second fiddle. Taking years, championships and millions in extra spending to catch up.
A case study to consider is McLaren Alfa Romeo winning the WCC with a year old engine. If that's the case, it's not all a loss.... Alfa will still be marked in history and will still rake in from the marketing.
PS - McLaren is a chassis builder, no matter how good their race cars/road cars are. As far as I know, their engines have always been produced by third party manufacturer.
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