Porsche F1

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Originally Posted by Dave_aus

So we've established that F1 is a lot more costly than Indycar racing.
Question is if Porsche had a F1 team, would you be interested & watching?

marginally. They had a LMP with Penske. That was interesting.
But some people really are die-hard Porsche fan boys the way the tifosi are.
I suppose having Merc, Ferrari and Porsche in it would rile up the fans.
But would that make for more interesting races? Highly doubtful. What's another billion spent atop the already spent billion going to add? These costs are insane.

What F1 shoud do, and people have been saying this for ages, is put those billions into a formula that brings back the emphasis on mechanical grip instead of aero. Get rid of the ez shift and bring back engines and transmissions that highlight driver skill.
Watching Nelson Piquet or Senna drive one-handed through Monaco with 1000 HP at their finger tips is why qualifying was standing room only. Those onboards make the hair on the back of your neck stand up.
Now its like watching an Xbox game.

But having an aero grip formula makes for predictable races where 1 or 2 teams wins most weekends and that makes it easier to price sponsorship up and down the price chart. The last thing F1 wants is for the human element to be deciding race outcomes, that migh actually produce races where you're not falling asleep by lap 30.