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What some people forget is that berie built the reputation of F1 during an unusual period.
That included the long term stability of the sport in engine regulations due to the avaialbility and success of the Cosworth DFV. 68-84 is a long time and those 15+ years enabled the sport to build commercially without huge changes and disruption. it hasn't been the same since the mid 80's and the last decade has seen a huge cost blowout that will simply not wok in the long term
A sport that needs commercial support of well in excess of two billion dollars a year for 17-18 events is not sustainable. there is not enough benefit in the cost benefit analysis unless you are very successful. Spyker realise that, SuperAguri are benefitting from Honda's generosity but that is temporal, as is STR's benfits from Red Bull. DM probably realises now that he has overstretched himself and that there are cheaper ways to achieve tha same commercial benefit.
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