Team Brabham LMP2, on Kickstarter
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I think they have their maths wrong.
£8m to run a car in LMP2.....can't see that being enough. I assume this is all bolstered by sponsors and pay drivers. The initial £250k will cover the marketing budget for the first phase......
With all these things, to the man on the street that looks like alot of money but when you consider it costs the following to run in different series its sod all.
Ginetta Supercup £150k
Touring cars £450k
GP2 £2m
These are all per driver not for a team and are 2 year old numbers. Only the touring car driver can still afford it. The Ginneta driver is still paying it back and he used his own maechanics.
£8m to run a car in LMP2.....can't see that being enough. I assume this is all bolstered by sponsors and pay drivers. The initial £250k will cover the marketing budget for the first phase......
With all these things, to the man on the street that looks like alot of money but when you consider it costs the following to run in different series its sod all.
Ginetta Supercup £150k
Touring cars £450k
GP2 £2m
These are all per driver not for a team and are 2 year old numbers. Only the touring car driver can still afford it. The Ginneta driver is still paying it back and he used his own maechanics.
mattikake said:
I'd expect more from all the levels of contribution. They should have a shareholder option as part of this, otherwise it's not much different from a F1 team fan membership. In fact, it's less.
I was expecting factory tours, some merchandise and access to test days at least. And lifetime access. Realistically it will probably only be updated for a few years before content drys up. Bertrum said:
I think they have their maths wrong.
£8m to run a car in LMP2.....can't see that being enough. I assume this is all bolstered by sponsors and pay drivers. The initial £250k will cover the marketing budget for the first phase......
My understanding is the cost is between £2.5-4 million for a 2 car team of LMP2s for a full season of WEC including Le Mans NOT including the purchase or lease of the (cost capped) cars£8m to run a car in LMP2.....can't see that being enough. I assume this is all bolstered by sponsors and pay drivers. The initial £250k will cover the marketing budget for the first phase......
53% raised in 3 and a bit days since DB put the Project Brabham up on the internet. I can understand that people are questioning why he is “only” asking for £250,000 to try and do WEC or something else along those lines with 1 or 2 cars. It does seem a tiny amount for a programme like that. I’m curious to see an answer to that one. I’m also surprised just how quickly the money has been raised at the current rate. I am impressed.
Does anyone know how the crowd funding is going for the GT3 Bentley programme?
Does anyone know how the crowd funding is going for the GT3 Bentley programme?
I see your point that it says they will put together a prospectus in order to impress sponsors. But in my mind it does not say at £250k we will build a team or buy a car.
Like you mentioned to get £2m is very ambitious as very few crowdfunded projects have ever reached that so of course they need to find sponsors but if you go by their wording they need £2.5m before they will have workshops, a car.
Like you mentioned to get £2m is very ambitious as very few crowdfunded projects have ever reached that so of course they need to find sponsors but if you go by their wording they need £2.5m before they will have workshops, a car.
Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 18th October 21:31
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