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Originally Posted by wnut
It would also be interesting (impossible but interesting) to see numerically who actually carries the bulk of the workload at the various teams. ie The essentials rather than the nice to haves.
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This is really where all the problems arise. Modern technology and working practices dictates how many people you need, rather than just have. For example, it actually only
needs one person to change the wheels on the car during a pit-stop, but most teams will have 10 - 12 personel on that duty. And does it need 4 or 6 people sat in a container at the pit wall; that used to be the job of the driver's wife/gf with a stop-watch and a clip-board!
Does a team really need to have three 40 foot artics driving around Europe for nigh on six months so that the teams can have fancy "motor-homes", each tream vying with the others to be the place to be! And their electronics trucks so that they can communicate with the white coats who are securely secreted in the bunkers back at HQ?
I don't long for the old days, but I do hanker for a simpler form of racing, one that does not need 400 bods to keep
just two cars on a track for
just two hours every two to three weeks