Repeating the same thing doesn't make it true. Blaming hybrids and rules for the huge budgets of your favorite team is just funny. The fact is the VAG teams spend a lot of money because VAG has the money to spend. Their r&d budget is almost twice what the next auto maker spends. And that's (not) coincidentally Toyota. If they're gone then there's no reason for Toyota or anyone else to spend that much.
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