As Brexit gets ever messier, with the country increasingly divided and the threat of the Prime Minister being sent to jail, so too does Formula One's bid to re-shape the sport by means of the 2021 rules overhaul. While the smaller teams have long argued for the changes, especially those related to the prize money and spending, the bigger teams, certainly in terms of the technical aspect, have increasingly argued to leave as is. With Ferrari making clear it is against the move towards more standardised parts, thereby opening the door for open-source, Mercedes insists that at a time engine performance is converging it would be wholly wrong to start making changes. Ironically, like Brexit,...
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