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| TheCompleteGuitarist | Jun 12 2009, 12:42 PM Post #16 |
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More news on prodrive here http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_new...es_art_id=38163 |
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| John | Jun 12 2009, 12:45 PM Post #17 |
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If TOYOTA pull the plug... then Williams might be Cosworth powered... again |
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| Rob | Jun 12 2009, 02:40 PM Post #18 |
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I was wondering about that.... |
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| Red Andy | Jun 12 2009, 04:02 PM Post #19 |
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Not really. I can see why the FIA chose not to include them. Once bitten.... |
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| GordonB | Jun 12 2009, 08:50 PM Post #20 |
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I don't think that's particularly fair. Prodrive entered based on the FIA's assurance that they would be allowed to be a "customer car" - with the intention that they would buy stuff off McLaren. That was met with a legal challenge from Williams, (rightly) fearing that if people could just buy and run a McLaren, then they wouldn't stand a chance. I believe that Prodrive had to put up a large ($millions) deposit, and I'm pretty sure they didn't get it all back. None of this was Prodrive's fault. It was the FIA's fault for not making the situation watertight. If anyone is "owed" an entry I would have thought it would be Prodrive. |
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| Red Andy | Jun 12 2009, 09:42 PM Post #21 |
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Nobody forced Prodrive to go down the customer car route. The legalisation of customer cars was never set in stone and it was Prodrive's fault for not exercising caution. They would have been far better advised to have started work on building their own car rather than cavalierly assuming they could buy one shortly before the season began. And I think that the requirement for teams to pay a deposit was abandoned for 2008, precisely because the FIA wanted a new team to enter for that year and fill the grid. |
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| flood1 | Jun 13 2009, 12:37 AM Post #22 |
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You may be exactly right Red One about why Prodrive did not get a berth, but I think we would all agree that if their previous application was employed as the raison d'etre to exclude them today, then that analysis would be unfair. Prodrive acted and entered at that time under a scenario mooted by the FIA. It included customer cars, but customer cars were not allowed in the the final analysis, mostly due to William's legal challenge. They entered in good faith, were excluded after a rethink due to legal challenges, and did no more or no less than they were required to do under the proposed rules. Whether we think they showed an unacceptable hubris is immaterial. They entered under the rules proposed by the FIA. If today they were excluded as a result of that entry, it would be an error on the part of the FIA. But, I accept that the FIA may have considered that when making their choices. But, if so, I can find no reasonable thesis to support their action. |
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| Brave_Lee_Flea | Jun 13 2009, 08:09 AM Post #23 |
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I'm with Flood & Gordon on this one. |
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| ELUSIVEJIM | Jun 13 2009, 04:00 PM Post #24 |
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Why not have a bigger grid and let all teams join?? If not possible why not have all the teams in but with only one car per team to save cost as they are not going to win any constructors in year one. This way the FIA can see if the teams are going to stay in F1 after there first year |
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| Brave_Lee_Flea | Jun 13 2009, 05:19 PM Post #25 |
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the number of garages in the pit lane and other such logistics probably make that unworkable. |
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| TheCompleteGuitarist | Jun 13 2009, 06:45 PM Post #26 |
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They could always put up some tents, in a cost cutting bid that is |
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| Red Andy | Jun 13 2009, 11:30 PM Post #27 |
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I'd like to see an unlimited number of entries, with qualifying (and pre-qualifying if necessary) reducing the grid down to 26 cars for the race. But sponsorship and logistics mean that this is unlikely to happen. |
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