Are F1 rivals out to get Haas &/or VCARB with new 26 rule?

[John S]

The proposed rule would mandate that teams finishing in the top five of the Constructors' Championship must design and manufacture their own components. 

Will it affect supply of gearbox, drive train & rear suspension supplied with engines by Merc & Ferrari? 
If so some of the teams pushing for rule may have trouble themselves. 

Mind you Haas or VCarb have to get into top 5, anyone betting it'll happen soon?


https://f1i.com/news/524671-haas-slams-proposed-2026-rule-change-as-a-killer-for-small-teams.html

[cosworth151]

Sounds like it's aimed right at Haas. They've always worked with Dallara on design and construction of their cars.

[Jericoke]

In a perfect world, each team would have unlimited budget to attract unlimited talent and we'd have 13+ teams with utterly unique cars that lap with a tenth of second of each other.

Kudos to F1 for recognizing we don't live in that world, and creating opportunities for teams without the organizational know how to build an entire F1 car from scratch to acquire that knowledge from outside sources.

If teams are worried about 'B' teams being beholden to their suppliers, perhaps there is another solution than simply eliminating the concept all together.  Put in a limit how much a team can rely on a single supplier.

The Haas (and RB) are as much Ferrari (RBR) as possible.  Maybe make it so that only X% (50?) of purchased parts can come from a single supplier, so that the Haas would have to use a second supplier, besides Ferrari.  It wouldn't affect operations/cost, but eliminates the perception of a conflict of interest.