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Old 6 Oct 2015, 09:28 (Ref:3579920)   #161
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"I still can't understand why everyone doesn't appreciate you're not going to win a world championship if you have a second-string engine [as a customer team]. It's just not going to happen.
"Therefore we have to go through the pain, we have to go through this learning curve and get a competitive engine." Ron Dennis; http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/121037

Who is capable of actually winning a GP if Mercedes don't screw up like they did in Singapore?
What Ron is saying is that if you don't have a works engine you won't have a chance. So Mercedes, Red Bull (this year)/Renault (next year), Ferrari and McLaren are the only teams with a hope of winning - all the others have customer engines so won't beat a works car with the same brand engine.

Obviously if the works engine you have is crap you still won't win but if you go for being a customer team with the best engine manufacturer you won't win anyway - better to have a works deal and hope your engine partner delivers you the best engine. So unless Ferrari, Renault or Honda make some serious progress over the winter we may as well just hand Mercedes the trophies for next season too.
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