The mega money days are over for F1 and the arms race has drawn to a close. As the world economy continues to cool and car sales dip faster than anyone ever envisaged, so the sport finds itself having to contract faster than its structure really allows.
The test ban, further engine mileage limits and wind tunnel restrictions should go some way to stabilising things in the short term. The following three years will be all about gradually downsizing and it will have an effect on the structure of teams, structures that grew with boom years money that's been withdrawn savagely suddenly. This is F1's cold turkey phase.
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