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Alpine want more Formula 1 teams, not three-car outfits

Alpine executive director Marcin Budkowski feels increasing the number of F1 teams would be better than adding a third seat for each. Mercedes principal Toto Wolff has recently been promoting the idea for three cars per Formula 1 team, ideally with the third putting focus on younger drivers. With only 10 teams on the grid, many of the brightest prospects in junior racing are struggling for a route into the series, while any new team joining the grid would need to make a huge financial contribution before even getting started. Under the Concorde Agreement, a new team joining Formula 1 would need to pay a $200 million anti-dilution fee. Budkowski said it is not up to him to analyse the...
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