Wurz: “It makes no sense that engineers are supported by customers”
And an unheeded Cosworth proposal appears
di Chiara RainisApril 23, 2015
He has recently criticized engine manufacturers' choices of making customers pay for engine development costs Monisha Kaltenborn has received the support of a couple of well-known names in the Circus.
“I completely agree with you – declared the former pilot Alexander Würz to motorsport.com – A contribution ceiling should be set, otherwise there is the risk that the manufacturer's activities will be supported mostly by those who buy”.
“We had proposed changes to the costs between 2010 and 2011 when the regulation was still to be written, but at the time no one listened to us – the words of Mark Gallagher, former Cosworth manager – Just think that we also talked about the noise and the number of engine revolutions...".
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