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Minardi: Power unit costs are 'crazy'
– Giancarlo Minardi, who ran his own squad in Formula 1 for several years, says that the money which customer teams must pay manufacturers for power units is "crazy."Minardi competed in Formula 1 between 1985 and 2005 and perennially competed towards the back of the grid, before it was sold to Red Bull and renamed Toro Rosso.The costs of power units for customer teams has been a contentious issue since being introduced at the start of 2014, with the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone keen to address the situation.Minardi reckons that spending in Formula 1 has spiralled out of control."Spending over $400 million, having a team made of 1000 people to build two cars is...
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