Gary Anderson argues F1 customer engine plan will not work

Anderson's core argument rests on precedent: F1 has tried independent engine supply before and the economics always broke against it. His deeper concern is structural — a cheaper customer unit would immediately recreate the haves-and-have-nots divide that the cost cap and revised Concorde payments are still trying to close. He also points out that manufacturers have a direct financial incentive to ensure any independent unit is slower, which makes a genuinely competitive customer engine politically implausible. His alternative — capped customer pricing, mandatory multi-team supply, and a simplified hybrid used only as an overtaking aid — is the more considered part of the piece and worth reading alongside the headline argument.