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I hate customer cars, says Todt
Jean Todt says he is against the idea to introduce customer cars as a way of ensuring F1 teams remain on the grid, but says he is open to the idea of providing access to technologies. Raised as a solution to the threat of dwindling grids, customer cars have nonetheless received staunch criticism from various figures in the paddock, with the FIA President agreeing that he doesn't think it is the way to go for F1. “I hate customer cars,” he said. “I think the fascination of F1 that you have the firm ground that everyone participates on. Group A, Group B is fine, but in different categories. Instead, Todt believes there is a way that technologies could be made more available to smaller...
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