The top teams on the grid now have B Teams to support them. But there have been times when a team could use a competitor's chassis, or even rent it! A and B or 'customer teams' as outlined by Zak Brown recently are a continued topic of discussion in the F1 paddock. Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull all have a B team to support their on and off track efforts. These relationships involve the sharing of resources, engineering expertise, gearboxes, and most notably engines. B teams, whether many like it or not, are now part of F1. While this can cause political fallout in many areas,  one aspect of these relationships that has died out in the last ten years is the concept of 'customer cars'...
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