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How to build a budget F1 car

It's well known that money is a significant factor in a grand prix team's success, but what happens when there is very little of it to design and develop the car?

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Formula 1 has changed almost beyond recognition since March pitched up to the 1970 South African Grand Prix with five Robin Herd-penned 701s. Each cost £6000 - later upped to £9k after a friendly word of advice from Ford's Walter Hayes - and the car claimed pole and a podium on its debut, a mere matter of months after the company had been set up with just £10,000 put in by its four founding members.

Despite frequent attempts to cut costs by implementing test bans, along with ever-tighter restrictions on CFD and windtunnel usage, there remains a gulf between the haves and have-nots in F1. This inequality appears desperately unlikely to change anytime soon, despite Liberty Media's best intentions.

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