Mar.1 F1 teams can survive and thrive with half of their current budgets. That is the claim of F1 sporting boss Ross Brawn, who according to Auto Motor und Sport is planning to present the teams with Liberty Media's plans for the future within the first half of this season. "We could have a fascinating sport with highly complex cars for less than half the money spent today at the top. And no one would notice," he said. Some argue that it could mean F1 teams run less 'perfect' operations, but Brawn thinks this would actually be a good thing. "Perfection and predictability kill the entertainment and the sport suffers," he said. "The fact that hardly any cars retire...
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