Honda interesred in alonso
Honda interesred in alonso
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marcia1

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5,099 posts

219 months

Tuesday 30th September 2008
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Which driver are they planning on replacing then(i'm presuming it would be rubens)no sign of him retiring yet though,i thought they were keeping the current drivers for next year,and i doubt alonso would go to honda anyway?

Stuismyname

1,706 posts

266 months

Tuesday 30th September 2008
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In other news, apparently David Coulthard is thinking about retiring this year, John Major is touted to take over from Maggie, and Germany have said they'd quite like to think about annexing Austria...

Wasn't this discussed, like, forever ago?

carter711

1,849 posts

227 months

Tuesday 30th September 2008
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Stuismyname said:
Wasn't this discussed, like, forever ago?
Yea man, totally.

marcia1

Original Poster:

5,099 posts

219 months

Tuesday 30th September 2008
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Stuismyname said:
In other news, apparently David Coulthard is thinking about retiring this year, John Major is touted to take over from Maggie, and Germany have said they'd quite like to think about annexing Austria...

Wasn't this discussed, like, forever ago?
eekOooh sorry for not seeing it,is there a link to it then?

Bombjack

483 posts

296 months

Tuesday 30th September 2008
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August 2008
The PH thread

A man'd have to have rocks in his head the size of Gibraltar to go to Honda Racing right now.

Edited by Bombjack on Tuesday 30th September 15:19

marcia1

Original Poster:

5,099 posts

219 months

Tuesday 30th September 2008
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Bombjack said:
August 2008
The PH thread

A man'd have to have rocks in his head the size of Gibraltar to go to Honda Racing right now.

Edited by Bombjack on Tuesday 30th September 15:19
cheers Bombjack thumbup
I even posted on it myself,just don't remember doing it rolleyes

Edited by marcia1 on Tuesday 30th September 15:32

zac510

5,546 posts

235 months

Tuesday 30th September 2008
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Brawn's position is a bit that he would be negligent or incompetent if he wasn't outwardly seen to be looking to place a former World Champion or driver of Alonso's ability in the car, especially seeing as he was put in place to improve Honda's fortune.

skinny

5,269 posts

264 months

Tuesday 30th September 2008
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zac510 said:
Brawn's position is a bit that he would be negligent or incompetent if he wasn't outwardly seen to be looking to place a former World Champion or driver of Alonso's ability in the car, especially seeing as he was put in place to improve Honda's fortune.
well it would take alonso or some equivalent miracle for them to get back to the top...

(i can't see it happening btw... biggrin)

Rich VRS

605 posts

229 months

Tuesday 30th September 2008
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zac510 said:
Brawn's position is a bit that he would be negligent or incompetent if he wasn't outwardly seen to be looking to place a former World Champion or driver of Alonso's ability in the car, especially seeing as he was put in place to improve Honda's fortune.
problem from what i can see is appart from brawn who else is particularly great in the design team?

s3fella

10,524 posts

216 months

Tuesday 30th September 2008
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Honda are too interested in their "green credentials" to ever get on the podium again. I mean, what about all that CO2 from the champagne popping......?

Best stay at the back then, eh!

FNG

4,746 posts

253 months

Tuesday 30th September 2008
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Rich VRS said:
zac510 said:
Brawn's position is a bit that he would be negligent or incompetent if he wasn't outwardly seen to be looking to place a former World Champion or driver of Alonso's ability in the car, especially seeing as he was put in place to improve Honda's fortune.
problem from what i can see is appart from brawn who else is particularly great in the design team?
Brawn isn't a designer, he is there for team organisation, man management and strategy.

No idea who the design team are but it doesn't necessarily need a "name" to deliver a fast car.

It does need a significant lack of meddling from Head Office, though, and that as far as I understand it is what the problem at Honda is.

The management in Japan will not leave the F1 team to get on with it.

Rich VRS

605 posts

229 months

Tuesday 30th September 2008
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FNG said:
Rich VRS said:
zac510 said:
Brawn's position is a bit that he would be negligent or incompetent if he wasn't outwardly seen to be looking to place a former World Champion or driver of Alonso's ability in the car, especially seeing as he was put in place to improve Honda's fortune.
problem from what i can see is appart from brawn who else is particularly great in the design team?
Brawn isn't a designer, he is there for team organisation, man management and strategy.

No idea who the design team are but it doesn't necessarily need a "name" to deliver a fast car.

It does need a significant lack of meddling from Head Office, though, and that as far as I understand it is what the problem at Honda is.

The management in Japan will not leave the F1 team to get on with it.
sorry i was meaning as the team other than drivers they have no one who is particularly well known to create a fast car from scratch.

Holst

2,468 posts

250 months

Tuesday 30th September 2008
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I think Honda may be in a better position next year than in previous years.

Firstly they seem to be ahead of the pack with KERS development, they have the system installed in a dummy car and claim that it works. Reliablilty of KERS will be important and as Honda have a working system they should be able to do more testing which will benefit reliablity.

Also the aero problem they have with the current car will be reset with the new aero rules which effectively take the cars back to a baseline.

They seem to have abandoned the current car in favor of developing next years car which will have been managed by Brawn who will hopefully make better use of Honda's large budget.

I dont think that Alonso will move to Honda, but Brawn has to be seen to be chasing the best avalable drivers.


Edited by Holst on Tuesday 30th September 20:53