Teams such Mercedes, Ferrari, Renault supply some of the teams in F1 with Engines that are usually last season's engines, which are typically at least a second slower than the engines they themselves use!!! Or the customer teams tend not to have a full engine mapping to unleash the true power of the engine.
But is this really the way to do things?
Teams that rely on engines provided by Teams such as Mercerdes do such for the following reasons:-
1) Teams such as Sauber simply do not have the Funds which Bigger teams such as Mercedes have. after all designing and building a F1 engine is cheap.
2) Teams that rely on customer engines don't have the equipment to make or design their own engine.
3) Customer Teams do not have sponsors who are willing to invest serious money in developing a car or engine.
4) Customer Teams are viewed as make weight so there are more cars on the grid.
5) Larger Teams receive more money from F1, bigger shares of prize money and also have a hand in creating the rules. Plus they simply don't want competition for points, race wins or winning a championship.
These reasons mean it is extremely unlikely that a customer team will win a race, let alone a championship!!! It also spoils it for the fans and drivers.
Racing speeds can be split into three groups, works teams at the front, middle table teams and those right at the back.
I would like to see a system where every team had a full spec engine and races are won by the best driver. Sadly I don't see this happening any time soon.
Simply look at the recent races - by the end of a race most of teams have been lapped at least once, and teams right at the back are nearly two laps down.
It's time for a change...