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This is not some kind of insular closed-shop
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I think that's a good description of modern F1
It's nothing to do with logistics. Most of the races are outside Europe. There are nearly equal numbers of races in Asia and Europe. If it were logistics, then all the teams would be based in the middle east.
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Anyway, most "British" F1 teams are multinational affairs these days
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Since when? It appears that the majority of key people in the majority of teams are from the UK? If it were genuinely a multinational affair, we'd have a lot more diversity. About the only thing multinational about the teams is that they spend multinational money.
As I've said many times before, the reason the majority of teams are based in the UK is that since Bernie came to power, the rules have favoured Bernie's former FOCA colleagues. Remember that Bernie first got involved at that level to get the best deal possible for British teams (at the expense of others). Unfortunately he was too good at his job!