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Cecil Terwilliger · 10-31-2019, 03:26 PM

Merc and Ferrari probably spend $400mil a year, what that includes I’m not sure. Hard to say how much it’ll do to Merc’s dominance. It should help but they’re just so damn good.

Cap is anything performance related. Driver salaries, marketing etc are excluded. Haven’t read enough to know where engineers at the factory are included. Do they have to be working on the car to count? What if they analyze strategy data?

I believe $175m USD is about in line with what a team like Renault currently spends. I think they’re rumoured to be just above $200m but they’re also a manufacturer so I’m not sure how that will be dealt with vs customer teams.

10-31-2019, 03:26 PM	#914
Cecil Terwilliger That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Springfield Penitentiary Exp:	Merc and Ferrari probably spend $400mil a year, what that includes I’m not sure. Hard to say how much it’ll do to Merc’s dominance. It should help but they’re just so damn good. Cap is anything performance related. Driver salaries, marketing etc are excluded. Haven’t read enough to know where engineers at the factory are included. Do they have to be working on the car to count? What if they analyze strategy data? I believe $175m USD is about in line with what a team like Renault currently spends. I think they’re rumoured to be just above $200m but they’re also a manufacturer so I’m not sure how that will be dealt with vs customer teams. Last edited by Cecil Terwilliger; 10-31-2019 at 03:29 PM.