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Re:Formula 1′s Leading Team Has a Big Secret by ams6110 on Friday October 11, 2013 @10:29AM (#6533277)
NASCAR is trying to eliminate technical advantage so that the competition is entirely about which driver and crew is best. I don't see anything wrong with that.
Re:Formula 1′s Leading Team Has a Big Secret by eftpotrm on Friday October 11, 2013 @01:58PM (#6534734)
And if that were really the case then you wouldn't see the big teams like Hendrick and Penske dominating. Heck, even Chip Ganassi has problems competing in NASCAR and he's hardly a small player.

Not that I'm necessarily anti the NASCAR approach (though I do think the organisation itself can be somewhat capricious), but it's certainly not a form of motor sport without team-based technical advantage.

Re:Formula 1′s Leading Team Has a Big Secret by wtvanhest on Friday October 11, 2013 @02:44PM (#6535062)
Its pretty obvious that the best drivers would go to the biggest teams with the most money to pay.
Re:Formula 1′s Leading Team Has a Big Secret by hencq on Friday October 11, 2013 @11:00AM (#6533535)
I don't think there's anything wrong with that. It's just a different philosophy. Personally I like the ability for engineers to innovate in F1 more, but of course that varies from person to person.
Re:Formula 1′s Leading Team Has a Big Secret by geargrinder on Friday October 11, 2013 @10:55AM (#6533493)
There is nothing wrong with it. I just prefer the technological competition that is so much a part of F1.