New F1 teams for 2010
New F1 teams for 2010
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rev-erend

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21,619 posts

313 months

Friday 15th May 2009
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Anyone know who the new or proposed new teams are for next year.

Was watching the BBC at lunchtime and I'm sure they said Lola were re-entering F1 next year and wanted to be involved in the 40M spending arguement..

Edited by rev-erend on Friday 15th May 14:14

AlpineWhite

2,164 posts

224 months

Friday 15th May 2009
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At the minute they're only proposed entries. So far we have

Lola
Prodrive / Aston Martin
isport
Litespeed

rev-erend

Original Poster:

21,619 posts

313 months

Friday 15th May 2009
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AlpineWhite said:
At the minute they're only proposed entries. So far we have

Lola
Prodrive / Aston Martin
isport
Litespeed
and Britannia Racing .. from Essex .. if their Euro millions comes up hehe

garycat

5,383 posts

239 months

Friday 15th May 2009
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AlpineWhite said:
At the minute they're only proposed entries. So far we have

Lola
Prodrive / Aston Martin
isport
Litespeed
Can Spanky back down on the budget cap with 4 teams showing serious interest?

AlpineWhite

2,164 posts

224 months

Friday 15th May 2009
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garycat said:
Can Spanky back down on the budget cap with 4 teams showing serious interest?
We'll find out later! Would he rather have four new teams, or keep half a dozen established teams?

rev-erend said:
and Britannia Racing .. from Essex .. if their Euro millions comes up hehe
Ah yes, forgot about them hehe

Jungles

3,587 posts

250 months

Friday 15th May 2009
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Don't forget USGPE.

AlpineWhite

2,164 posts

224 months

Friday 15th May 2009
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Jungles said:
Don't forget USGPE.
Of course, forgot about our friends from across the pond smile

Jungles

3,587 posts

250 months

Friday 15th May 2009
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They made lots of splashes a few months back. Now, they've gone a bit quiet. I'd love to see an American outfit in F1 though. It makes me think of Anglo-American Racing from the 1960s.

amare32

2,420 posts

252 months

Friday 15th May 2009
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I want Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, RedBull, BMW and Toyota to all quit in 2010 so Mosley would get ousted from his post. F1 might might need a couple of years of failure for things to get better.

If the lesser teams get in on the £40 million budget cap, it's not really F1 with the innovation is it? They'll be having races to see which cars can go slowest.

artov60

413 posts

219 months

Friday 15th May 2009
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amare32 said:
I want Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, RedBull, BMW and Toyota to all quit in 2010 so Mosley would get ousted from his post. F1 might might need a couple of years of failure for things to get better.

If the lesser teams get in on the £40 million budget cap, it's not really F1 with the innovation is it? They'll be having races to see which cars can go slowest.
With the freedom on technical specs the capped teams would likely be considerably faster. Hence the chagrin of the big teams.

I heard 9 applications for the 3 places available. 2 are from the US, and apart fom Lola and Aston Martin I don't know the others.

Duke of Rothesay

671 posts

209 months

Friday 15th May 2009
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artov60 said:
amare32 said:
I want Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, RedBull, BMW and Toyota to all quit in 2010 so Mosley would get ousted from his post. F1 might might need a couple of years of failure for things to get better.

If the lesser teams get in on the £40 million budget cap, it's not really F1 with the innovation is it? They'll be having races to see which cars can go slowest.
With the freedom on technical specs the capped teams would likely be considerably faster. Hence the chagrin of the big teams.

I heard 9 applications for the 3 places available. 2 are from the US, and apart fom Lola and Aston Martin I don't know the others.
Puts Moseley in a very strong position with the manufacturers.
Quite plainly he doesn't need them.

Scuffers

20,887 posts

303 months

Friday 15th May 2009
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of said possibles the real issue is how serious they are...

if, as current rules state, they have to design and make their own cars, what's the betting that list suddenly shrinks?

Also, can any of them afford the £M's upfront bond? (or is this to be waived too??)

artov60

413 posts

219 months

Friday 15th May 2009
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Scuffers said:
of said possibles the real issue is how serious they are...

if, as current rules state, they have to design and make their own cars, what's the betting that list suddenly shrinks?

Also, can any of them afford the £M's upfront bond? (or is this to be waived too??)
Well the Aston Martin Prodrive entry has Arab money- that suggests a better backing than any existing teams!

Scuffers

20,887 posts

303 months

Friday 15th May 2009
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artov60 said:
Scuffers said:
of said possibles the real issue is how serious they are...

if, as current rules state, they have to design and make their own cars, what's the betting that list suddenly shrinks?

Also, can any of them afford the £M's upfront bond? (or is this to be waived too??)
Well the Aston Martin Prodrive entry has Arab money- that suggests a better backing than any existing teams!
except that the Arabs are not exactly flush at the moment.....

flemke

23,493 posts

266 months

Friday 15th May 2009
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Duke of Rothesay said:
artov60 said:
amare32 said:
I want Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, RedBull, BMW and Toyota to all quit in 2010 so Mosley would get ousted from his post. F1 might might need a couple of years of failure for things to get better.

If the lesser teams get in on the £40 million budget cap, it's not really F1 with the innovation is it? They'll be having races to see which cars can go slowest.
With the freedom on technical specs the capped teams would likely be considerably faster. Hence the chagrin of the big teams.

I heard 9 applications for the 3 places available. 2 are from the US, and apart fom Lola and Aston Martin I don't know the others.
Puts Moseley in a very strong position with the manufacturers.
Quite plainly he doesn't need them.
We've seen in the last several years that what Mosley "needs" and what Formula One needs often do not converge.
Not only does Mosley not "need" the manufacturers, he doesn't want them either. It's so much easier to push around independents whose only business is racing, whose funding is marginal, and who thus are completely dependent on the grace of the regulator. Do you think that Frank Williams has been supportive of the FIA in the last few years merely out of philosophical principle?
Regardless of whether Mosley needs the manufacturers, Bernie and CVC clearly need them, and most fans want them.

artov60

413 posts

219 months

Friday 15th May 2009
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Scuffers said:
artov60 said:
Scuffers said:
of said possibles the real issue is how serious they are...

if, as current rules state, they have to design and make their own cars, what's the betting that list suddenly shrinks?

Also, can any of them afford the £M's upfront bond? (or is this to be waived too??)
Well the Aston Martin Prodrive entry has Arab money- that suggests a better backing than any existing teams!
except that the Arabs are not exactly flush at the moment.....
Since oil went from $20 a barrel to $120 a barrel billions extra went to the Saudis and others. There is still vast wealth in that region. There will be a few billionaires who could easily bankroll a formula one team.... or ten.

pies

13,116 posts

285 months

Friday 15th May 2009
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Ferrari to pull out and be replaced by





























fiat biggrin

Scuffers

20,887 posts

303 months

Friday 15th May 2009
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artov60 said:
Scuffers said:
artov60 said:
Scuffers said:
of said possibles the real issue is how serious they are...

if, as current rules state, they have to design and make their own cars, what's the betting that list suddenly shrinks?

Also, can any of them afford the £M's upfront bond? (or is this to be waived too??)
Well the Aston Martin Prodrive entry has Arab money- that suggests a better backing than any existing teams!
except that the Arabs are not exactly flush at the moment.....
Since oil went from $20 a barrel to $120 a barrel billions extra went to the Saudis and others. There is still vast wealth in that region. There will be a few billionaires who could easily bankroll a formula one team.... or ten.
Saudis are ok, but the rest of them are certainly NOT.

most have based they finances on oil at $70+ a barrel, and it's not been there for some time (Saudis work on ~$50), combine that with a total lack of demand for oil, and you have several very broke arab nations....

onemorelap

694 posts

260 months

Saturday 16th May 2009
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pies said:
Ferrari to pull out and be replaced by

fiat biggrin
Or maserati?

Max was on the radio tonight saying that there's no rush for the introduction of the budget cap. We are looking at Melbourne next year not Monaco next week etc etc.

TBH that wouldn't exactly inspire confidence if i was one of the leaders of the various interested parties that has put there name forward as wanting to be involved in the circus as a result of the proposed budget cap.

To stand a chance of building a team, designing a car etc etc for 2010 these new teams need to know that the rules are in place and agreed now (i assume), not in 6 to 9 months time.
Based on max's comments i would be suprised to see any of these new teams on the grid next year.