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Originally Posted by Richard C
My point is... Is RB in the same boat at Williams in that they are racing with just two chassis? If they had a spare today and it was viewed as equal quality why not just swap Ricciardo over into the spare now vs. waiting for a new chassis in China?
Richard
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I recall reading at the Australian GP when the Albon chassis thing came up that two other (unamed at the time) teams were mentioned as known not to have a spare chassis in their inventory. Alpine have subsequently confirmed they do not have the luxury of a spare chassis atm.
I was wondering who the third might be and felt that it was less likely to be Haas without a spare, given they do not manufacture theirs in house AFAIK, buying in the finished item from Dallara.... thus thinking they would likely have a spare as it would not impact factory (as opposed to financial) resources and be a matter of ordering in pre season with their original two.
Reading now that RB/VCARB would appear to not have one at hand to effect a Ricciardo chassis swap until China implies to me they would be the third one referenced.