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Customer cars "not a solution for F1"
Formula 1 would be better off spending time finding solutions to keep the grid full rather than wasting efforts on an emergency 'franchise' car plan, claims the Manor team. The bigger F1 teams met at the Canadian Grand Prix to begin putting together a plan for customer cars should grid numbers fall. But Manor sporting director Graeme Lowdon thinks that the focus is being put in the wrong area, and F1 should be looking at ways to make itself better so all teams can survive. "I've read all the comments about franchise cars and customer cars," Lowdon told Motorsport.com. "And it's clear it is a contingency plan; it's not a strategy. "It is definitely not a solution for F1....
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