Having equalised the rivals technically. Bond turns his attention to the myth of the mighty dollar. He suggests that the claim that Ford spent 9 million dollars to win this year at Le Mans applies to its racing expenditure since 1964. He says, further, that Ferrari has also spent lots of dough on this race, more, argues Bond, provided one equates labour costs at a proper ratio, Ferrari having admitted that an F1 car costs him 30,000 dollars, and a sports/racing car costing as much if not more.
Bond finishes up by reminding us that Briggs Cunningham must have spent close on 5 million dollars trying to win at Le Mans with his own team effort, and that was over 10 years ago.
“The point is,” he concludes, “that it seems unfair to criticise Ford for beating the old man of Maranello just because they could afford to do it.”