British engineer Pat Symonds is one of the most experienced technical directors in the Formula 1 paddock.
Symonds, 61, started his F1 career with Toleman, working alongside a certain Ayrton Senna in 1984. He then worked for Benetton and Renault, coaching Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso to their first F1 World Championships.
Now with Martini William-Mercedes Symonds thinks 1000bhp F1 cars won’t be an instant cure for making the sport more exciting. “It is possible to have these kind of cars - and not even particularly difficult,” Symonds said during an interview posted on Formula1.com. “I would not say that I am dreaming about such a car - but then I am realistic, not a dreamer. At the moment what we need is to provide a decent business solution and not lose teams because it is so expensive. These are far more important concerns. 1000hp cars - great, good fun! But is that the right thing for F1 at the moment? I am not sure…” he continued. “I think what we've done with the power unit for 2014 was absolutely the right thing to do - probably we didn't make enough of it. 1000hp cars are not an instant cure. The Toyota Le Mans car has also 1000hp, and it is not more spectacular than a Formula 1 car. Last year we had some great racing, so let's concentrate on racing and not follow wishful thinking”.
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