Monday 15th June 2009

Brawn GP Sells Off Old F1 Cars

Brawn to sell off its collection of BAR and Honda racing chassis; Renault F1 sells off old engines

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BAR chassis from 2001 to 2006 are up for auction

Brawn GP is selling off its collection of old BAR and Honda F1 cars from the 2001 to 2006 seasons. Sadly, however, it’s not a chance to get hold of an old hack of Button, Barrichello or Villeneuve that you can blast around your favourite track in – this is just a sale of chassis.

Even so, if you fancy a particularly unusual living-room ornament, the good news is that the cheapest 2001 BAR chassis – the auction lots only go back that far – is expected to go for as little as £7000.

Unfortunately for Brawn GP, the sale of chassis is unlikely to match the £20 million that the team has lost from not being allowed Honda’s share of F1’s commercial revenue, after it was declared by the FIA to be a brand new team and not a continuation of Honda F1.

Ross Brawn can’t be too strapped for cash, though – he rejected a sponsorship deal with Richard Branson as it wasn’t lucrative enough.

Old Renault F1 engines under the hammer

For fans of the more oily bits of F1 cars, Renault is holding a private sale of various chassis and engine components from cars previously raced at the British GP to coincide with next weekend’s race at Silverstone.

Meanwhile the BAR/Honda auction will take place on 25 July at the Silverstone Classic race meeting.

[toothrot]

could I drop a s2000 engine into a chassis?

[petergb]

If you move the side radiators a bit you can fit a mini engine and transmission.

[simonrockman]

The £7,000 is a show car, real chassis are expected to go for twice that. Listing here

[nsmith1180]

Hey I was looking for a semi decent track slag, will this fit the bill?

[J111]

Ross Brawn can’t be too strapped for cash, though – he rejected a sponsorship deal with Richard Branson as it wasn’t lucrative enough.

citation needed

http://www.brawngp.com/partners.asp

[stifler]

So, Anthony Davidsons 07 Super Aguri really WAS the 06 Honda....

[Frimley111R]

Whoppee! I can buy chassis from some of the worst F1 cars of recent times!

[german tony]

stifler said:

So, Anthony Davidsons 07 Super Aguri really WAS the 06 Honda....

Ooops...

As for the rest, just looks like they are clearing out the junk.

[Turbobanana]

Scrappage deal, anyone?

[stifler]

Playstation pedal box and steering wheel anyone?

[robm3]

Don't constructors get $cash$ for winning and/or points out of the FIA profit (which they get from selling rights e.g.TV, promo stuff etc..)

Any idea of what this is worth as I have a slight memory of Martin Brundle saying Force India lost a load of cash by Ferrari ramming them in Monaco last year.
Thought it was something like €500K per point or the like...If it is true then Brawn will be sitting on a lovely payout for end of this year.

OR is the Honda cash talked about in the PH story?

[DPX]

They found out they did not qualify for the UK 2,000 quid trade in ... so they have to go

[hairykrishna]

15k is pretty cheap for a recent F1 chassis I think. You could make a fun hillclimb special.

[Riggers]

The £20 mil is what Honda would have earned from its 2008 share of the commercial rights revenue. As far as I understand it, that amount is dependent on how well you do.

as for the Virgin sponsorship deal: citation is here. The deal is a race-by-race job at the moment, and is on the rocks as the price gets higher and higher the more Brawn wins. Perhaps I should have explained myself better

[sprinter1050]

I see a ba$tard love child hybrid here of Toyota, BAR,Honda & Renualt bits taking to the track in some form or other.


Photoshop anyone ??

[Mikeyboy]

hairykrishna said:

15k is pretty cheap for a recent F1 chassis I think. You could make a fun hillclimb special.

yeah but as Frimley says they weren't exactly the finest F1 cars were they?

[hairykrishna]

Mikeyboy said:

yeah but as Frimley says they weren't exactly the finest F1 cars were they?

True enough. But 'not competitive against other F1 cars' leaves a lot of room for them to be better than everything else.

[Mikeyboy]

hairykrishna said:

Mikeyboy said:

yeah but as Frimley says they weren't exactly the finest F1 cars were they?

True enough. But 'not competitive against other F1 cars' leaves a lot of room for them to be better than everything else.

and they are missing the part that makes them quick...


damn keyboard keeps giving me typos.

Edited by Mikeyboy on Monday 15th June 17:16

[J111]

Riggers said:

as for the Virgin sponsorship deal: citation is here.

Rumours are now fact ? There is always an "ouch, too expensive" moment in sponsorship negotiations.

From the source article:

20 companies are said to have registered their interest and Fry is busy sifting through the candidates. Virgin remains at the top of the list

Riggers said:

Perhaps I should have explained myself better

Or been less credulous

[FourWheelDrift]

Mikeyboy said:

hairykrishna said:

15k is pretty cheap for a recent F1 chassis I think. You could make a fun hillclimb special.

yeah but as Frimley says they weren't exactly the finest F1 cars were they?

The 2004 car wasn't bad, Jenson finished in 3rd place (85 points) behind only the two Ferraris and he got 10 podiums with it.