@kshitijmalkan You said that Mercedes will have the advantage with a more road transferable engine.
Why do you think a more road transferable hybrid engine in F1 can hurt us? Ferrari is not capable enough of producing such an engine? Or did you meant it will hurt Ferrari financially because we need an engine more suitable for supercars or hypercars?
And yeah, Honda really had a facility in Milton Keynes
However, i think they lack engine experts from the F1 world.
Back on topic, i can completely understand why Sauber is doing this. First of all, they will get an engine for very cheap. And second, they will get a current year engine. Yeah, Honda sucks now, but you don't know for next year. It will be interesting to see the new PU Honda announced for Spain. So, if Ferrari wants to keep Sauber as a customer, they need to give them a better deal than Honda. That way, no one can force Sauber into ditching Ferrari. And i don't think any team can be a 100% reliable proxy except if its owned by the same corporation like Red Bull and TR. For example, Williams can easily ditch Mercedes for Renault if they get a better deal. So, if we want a 100% reliable proxy, we need Alfa Romeo in F1.
Red Bull are also in a dire need of an exclusive engine distributor. They are sticking with Renault because they don't have another choice. I think Red Bull will be pushing hard for cheaper and more simpler racing engines so they can bring another manufacturer to work exclusively for them. If we don't get a more simpler engine, they might leave right before the new engine regulations.
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