UgncreativeUsergname wrote:DanielPT wrote:We already had one case albeit a bit different. Kamui Kobayashi's return to Caterham was at least partially crowdfunded. If it worked for him, it can work for Haryanto.
watka wrote:Given how the driver of the day vote goes every race, I think this is the one instance that crowdfunding could actually work (in a long-term way) in F1!
I don't think they are really connected. It is harder to get in. Once you are there, results alone can keep you there. The problem with most non paying experienced journeymen in F1 is that, results wise, there is little to chose between them and talented pay-drivers, so teams usually go with the latter specially if the money can hire people to do the development the journeyman brings.
As for the long term paying wise, if the money keeps flowing in, team doesn't care if it is sponsorship, crowdfunding or, dare I say it, illegal. And crowdfunding is just like being sponsored by a group of people. A large one.