Any new Formula 1 team must have the appropriate “infrastructure” and “financial background” in order to be welcomed from the existing competitors. That is the view of former Williams boss Jost Capito, just as the governing FIA officially launched the application process for “prospective Formula 1 teams”. “Only teams that really have the right infrastructure and the financial background to pull it off should come,” the ex-Williams team boss added. “I don’t think it would be good for Formula 1 if a team came in and then left quite quickly. That’s why the teams that want to come in have to prove that they can do it.”. “Yes, but building a Formula 1 team is always something different,” said Capito.

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