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F1 to begin customer car study

McLaren chief Ron Dennis has helped convince the Strategy Group to formally support an official study on customer cars in Formula 1. There has been a long-standing provision for third cars from top teams being introduced to make up the numbers should a current team fail – with customer cars as the potential next step. Following lengthy talks in the Strategy Group meeting on Thursday, the works teams will now put together a proposal for how customer cars would work in F1 if needed. It is likely this will need to be completed ahead of the next F1 Commission and World Motor Sport Council meetings in July. It is understood that the existing independent teams such as Lotus, Sauber, Force India...
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