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Customer car idea 'unthinkable' - Prost

May 20 Alain Prost has hit back at suggestions 'customer cars' could be a solution amid F1's corona crisis. Red Bull's Christian Horner and Ferrari's Mattia Binotto have suggested the smaller teams could substantially cut costs amid the crisis by simply buying complete year-old cars from their bigger rivals. F1 legend Prost, now a director at Renault's works team, does not like the idea. "The DNA of Formula 1 is to be a constructor," he told L'Equipe. "A team has to make its own car, even if we work with more standard parts. I don't think standard parts are a bad idea," Prost said. "But the idea that teams sell cars to 'B teams' or smaller teams is unthinkable to...
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