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F1 Grid Game / Re: Logan Sargeant
« Last post by Jericoke on March 23, 2024, 09:06:25 PM »This makes me wonder about the finances at Williams. I thought all teams carried enough parts to build a car from scratch if needed.
Williams has been claiming their past financing let them fall behind other teams in terms of logistics investment.
There is a video (I'm not going to look for it to link it) that says the current car was designed using Microsoft Excel. It's a bit of an exaggeration, but they do use a spreadsheet for tracking all the car parts which, isn't really ideal. So each part costs more money because this is a 'money is time' issue, because instead of pushing a button to find out where a part is, what state it's in, or if the team needs more, someone needs to open a spreadsheet, sort the spread sheet, search the spreadsheet, and then go see if the spreadsheet is accurate (which it often isn't). So assuming an F1 worker costs $100 per hour to the cap, a McLaren employee can check the inventory of front right struts in 8 seconds, and a Williams employee can check in 20 minutes. Multiply that by 100 employees and 20,000 parts, you see how Williams expenses are eaten up by inefficiency.
Williams is updating their logistics, but until that's done, they're always going to be behind anyone else, and that means having a supply of spare parts is both more expensive for Williams, and take more time.
But yes, it's worth worrying over.