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Originally Posted by wnut
Aston Martin gets a whole lot of free press courtesy of the F1 press and associated media. They also get spin off credibility from the idea that they are capable of producing an F1 engine.
RBR are able to strengthen their negotiating position in the engine wars by touting that the correct regulation would bring Aston into the field, and may well achieve the RBR objective of introducing cheaper simpler engines into F1.
Not a useless exercise from either Aston Martin or RBR.
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The problem with that is 1) the uninformed public has no idea what it takes to make an F1 engine and does not have the means to write the rules, 2) those who write the rules know what is entailed in building an engine and guessing they can tell window dressing when they see it, and 3) the current manufacturers know AM is not capable of dropping everything in to building an engine any time soon. So all of their bravado to the media wastes ink but doesn't get them a second closer to actually making an engine. Something they don't even do in their road cars any longer.