• Coelacanth@feddit.nu
      2 months

      The best answer is basically “it was a different time back then”. You can look into the history of Minardi and the Red Bull purchase if you like, but it wasn’t seen as a problem at the time. They wouldn’t be allowed to were it to happen now I’m pretty sure, but they’ve kind of been grandfathered in at this point.

      • Supercrumpet@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2 months

        Exactly, and similar to the Ferrari bonus pay, it’s just become difficult to address at this point, so everyone kind of accepts it.

        • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
          2 months

          Very similar situation yeah. The Red Bull purchase of Minardi was at a time when finances were vastly different, Formula 1 was a one-way ticket to losses and everyone were mostly just happy to have the team stay on the grid and not dissolve.

          • edcasting@lemmy.world
            2 months

            It was financially different because FOM refused to establish a cost cap. So instead of introducing a solution that would allow Minardi to not only stay alive but to compete on an equal playing field, they fed them to the deep pockets of Mateschitz.

            Capitalism!

    • Ronan@piefed.socialEnglish
      2 months

      Because they pay the fee to participate with a second team?

      • Microw@piefed.zipEnglish
        2 months

        And tbf the Minardi team would have most likely disappeared completely if Red Bull had not bought it back then

    • Thorry@feddit.org
      2 months

      Ferrari and Haas have a very similar deal, they just aren’t as obvious about it.

      • edcasting@lemmy.world
        2 months

        I wonder if people are gonna keep making this comparison when Haas is rolling with a Toyota logo all over… why can’t people just admit that Red Bull is the only competitor allowed to control 2 teams?