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**itaspCatCriny** · 10-01-2011, 01:38 AM

Again I think Toyota are the perfect counter-example. They had the double decker diffuser before Brawn did. And lots of money. But it did them little good. Williams had a double diffuser from the start of the season too; it was clearly no guarantee of success.

IIRC Toyota were the last of the three to join the double diffuser party, they hired a Honda employee who told them about what they had planned for 2009. Williams decided to use a double diffuser independently.

People keep talking about Toyota's budget but actually it was quite reasonable and wasn't as big as McLaren or Ferrari's, at least once one off costs had been paid off which included bringing their facilities up to proper F1 standards with a first class windtunnel etc etc.

I think the underlying reason Brawn fell back was lack of money to continue developing the car. If they had decent funding, they could have been developing other aspects of the car while others were scrambling to catch up with the diffuser idea.

That definitely explains the way they dropped back during 2009 but not afterwards with Mercedes money.

10-01-2011, 01:38 AM	#21
itaspCatCriny Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	Again I think Toyota are the perfect counter-example. They had the double decker diffuser before Brawn did. And lots of money. But it did them little good. Williams had a double diffuser from the start of the season too; it was clearly no guarantee of success. IIRC Toyota were the last of the three to join the double diffuser party, they hired a Honda employee who told them about what they had planned for 2009. Williams decided to use a double diffuser independently. People keep talking about Toyota's budget but actually it was quite reasonable and wasn't as big as McLaren or Ferrari's, at least once one off costs had been paid off which included bringing their facilities up to proper F1 standards with a first class windtunnel etc etc. I think the underlying reason Brawn fell back was lack of money to continue developing the car. If they had decent funding, they could have been developing other aspects of the car while others were scrambling to catch up with the diffuser idea. That definitely explains the way they dropped back during 2009 but not afterwards with Mercedes money.
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