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Racing Bulls 2026 livery (lemmy.world)
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[–] 1 point 9 months ago (7 children)

@lazycouchpotato @formula1 Why does Red Bull get two teams? Nobody has answered that for me.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    The best answer is basically "it was a different time back then". You can look into the history of Minardi and the Red Bull purchase if you like, but it wasn't seen as a problem at the time. They wouldn't be allowed to were it to happen now I'm pretty sure, but they've kind of been grandfathered in at this point.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Exactly, and similar to the Ferrari bonus pay, it's just become difficult to address at this point, so everyone kind of accepts it.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Very similar situation yeah. The Red Bull purchase of Minardi was at a time when finances were vastly different, Formula 1 was a one-way ticket to losses and everyone were mostly just happy to have the team stay on the grid and not dissolve.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    It was financially different because FOM refused to establish a cost cap. So instead of introducing a solution that would allow Minardi to not only stay alive but to compete on an equal playing field, they fed them to the deep pockets of Mateschitz.

    Capitalism!

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