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From the Pulpit

How many real race winners are there in Formula One today? Only five, says F1 Racing's Matt Bishop, and two of them aren't drivers...

Once you've designed and built your new car... and launched it to the world's press... and hired a couple of throttle jockeys to drive it... and tested it over thousands of kilometres at Barcelona, Jerez and Valencia... and done all your sponsorship deals... and written your press packs... and painted your trucks... and redesigned your team apparel... and freighted everything and everyone to Bahrain or Malaysia or Australia or wherever... the die is cast, right?

In other words, what you've ended up with - the famous package that everyone in F1 craves and reveres - is either going to make your team a contender for victory... or it ain't. If it is, well, bully for you. If it ain't, well, there's always next year.

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