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Originally Posted by Umai Naa
3 marques, 3 engine suppliers.
If you want parity, that's the easiest way to do it.
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Which is fine but it comes down to who gets the cash in their pocket. If Penske develops the Ford engine then any team wishing to run a Ford needs to purchase the engine from them, even if they have their own resources to develop their own unit for less over the life of the homologation period.
There's also the problem in my eyes that we have the skills to develop new gen engines in Australia but all the money ends up going overseas to develop them because no local builders are given the information to get the ball rolling yet. It's very much the high rollers of the sport with the information to get it done first. I've heard they're developing the Holden unit for 1 million, you could easily do it for half that locally and in time.
Real shame for an aussie series.