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| Wurz to lead 2010 F1 entry | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 31 2009, 04:42 PM (148 Views) | |
| Red Andy | May 31 2009, 04:42 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75753 Team Superfund?
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| mrr9 | May 31 2009, 05:23 PM Post #2 |
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It is now getting silly with all these new teams etc - I can see a new team called one man and his dog next - are there a change of rules so customers cars for 2010? but if you look at what Mad Max and the short one said if all the slots are filled with teams on the 2010 grid older teams that join after the sigh up date for 2010 will have to buy out the newer teams to join could it be a bit of that now going no? if I was a fund manager I be looking to do that look at it this way: how much does it cost for 2010 entry - I think it free now - it used to be 40 million USD to enter on top of the paper work fees etc you got the cost of setting up a small company may be 2 or 3 people running it and also looking at not building or running a car that are just there to take a grid slot. Then a race team that due to the Max and short ones show now needs to buy into the grid for 2010 will pay a lot of money to get on the grid hence the fund manger made lots and lots of money with almost doing nothing Mark |
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| Norbert | May 31 2009, 05:46 PM Post #3 |
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So, anyone with £40M can come along and run an F1 team on the cheap using a Cosworth or Mercedes engine, with standard wings, standard ECU and standard KERS. Welcome to F1GP 2010.
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| GordonB | May 31 2009, 10:13 PM Post #4 |
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To which I would reply: Enter? Yes. Compete? Win races? Score points? Almost certainly not. |
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| Red Andy | May 31 2009, 11:19 PM Post #5 |
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There are a couple of problems with that analysis. First of all, the FOTA teams have lodged an entry already, and the FIA have confirmed that existing teams will be given priority when the grid slots for 2010 are allocated. Secondly, you can't just turn up and decide to lodge an entry for the 2010 world championship. Entries for the 2010 season will be rejected out of hand if certain conditions have not already been met, for example possessing an engine deal. Thirdly, the FIA ruled in 2002 (when dealing with Phoenix F1, who wanted to race Prost's old cars without lodging the $48 million bond) that team entries cannot be bought or sold. So there would be no point in "buying out" another team if they were going to have to withdraw from the season anyway. |
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