Sole suppliers are nothing new to Formula 1. Pirelli has an exclusive contract to supply identical tyres to all 11 teams. Before that, Bridgestone did the same. It's a move aimed at closing the field. Removing a differentiator which could potentially give certain teams an advantage over another. The FIA might be about to do the same with fuel and oil. At present, the teams are allowed to choose which oil company supplies them and often in return they are paid millions by said company to display its logos on their cars. Red Bull has Total, Ferrari has Shell, McLaren has Mobil 1, Mercedes has Petronas, Williams has PDVSA, Toro Rosso has Cepsa and the list goes on. However, a finer detail in...
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