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Originally Posted by Johno.UK
It's one of the many things that divide fans. Many I know despise any series that handicaps cars/drivers like TCR, BTCC, WEC etc and others think it's the only way motorsport can exist. You can't please all the people all the time but people are always trying to change their favourite motorsport to suit their whims rather than supporting something which is closer in it's DNA to what they want in the first place.
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Johno.
F1 is flat out "cheque book" racing and even the majority of the teams can't sustain the cost's, hence the moves to try to reduce costs by the use of some control parts in the future, amongst a spending cap etc.
Sustainable motor racing has to cap cost, and the only practical way to do that is by the use of controlled components, BTCC was on elf the first Premier Touring Car Series to do that, and by and large that has been successful. Whilst I hate the politic's of success weight, BTCC and WTCC have proven it works in maintaining the punters interest in both Series.