I think that making common parts for F1 cars would be a mistake. This is done in other formulae, such as CART.
I believe it has been suggested that steel brakes can be made to perform at similar levels to carbon brakes, but much less reliably. I know that CART have steel brakes, and they seem to be able to outbrake each other, but this is as much to do with tyre grip as brake performance.
What I would like to see in the future, is the use of alternative technolgies in F1. Things like hybrid powerplants.
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