Mercedes and Force India Getting Most Value for Their Money in 2014 F1 Season

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Published: August 9, 2014

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Mercedes and Force India are at opposite ends of the Formula One grid in terms of the size of their budgets. This season, however, both teams are getting an excellent return on their investments.

The other thing those two teams have in common, of course, is Mercedes power.

In fact, four of the top five teams in our efficiency ranking—which calculates the amount of money each team spends per Constructors' point scored—are using Mercedes power units.



For the smaller teams—Force India and Williams—topping this list may not be due to efficiency so much as luck, then. They just happened to have the right engine supply partner this year. In Williams' case, the team's switch from Renault at the end of last season seems particularly prescient.

At the other end of the spectrum, Caterham and Sauber have yet to score this season. Marussia, despite getting their first-ever points in Monaco, are also near the bottom of the rankings. And Lotus, who finished last year's ranking in second place, just behind Red Bull, round out the bottom four.

Here is this year's mid-season ranking:



Although they are second in the championship by a large margin, Red Bull trail the three Merc-powered teams here. With a budget more than five times that of Force India, the Bulls have managed just over twice as many points.

Meanwhile, the second-largest budget in the sport is not doing Ferrari any good, either. Yes, they would probably have more points if Kimi Raikkonen had not struggled so much through the first half of the season, but the fact is that the Scuderia has once again failed to produce a front-of-the-grid challenger.



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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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