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Windsor In Argentina; Finalizing Pechito Lopez Deal
Topic Started: Jan 21 2010, 12:43 AM (324 Views)
flood1
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Peter Windsor arrived today at Argentina to meet with the companies that will support Jose Maria (Pechito) Lopez in his quest to drive for USF1 in 2010.Windsor immediately began a series of meetings that would extend until Friday.The intent is to finish the negotiations that began several months ago.

http://www.usf1formula1.com/
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flood1,Jan 21 2010
02:43 AM
Peter Windsor arrived today at Argentina to meet with the companies that will support Jose Maria (Pechito) Lopez in his quest to drive for USF1 in 2010.Windsor immediately began a series of meetings that would extend until Friday.The intent is to finish the negotiations that began several months ago.

http://www.usf1formula1.com/

For good or worse, think we will see USF1 only take in paying-drivers this year.

Though one can argue that all drivers are 'indirect paying' drivers, otherwise they would/should not have gotten the job in the first place... :)
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Doesn't exactly show any ambition, does it? All I know about Lopez was he was a serial crasher in GP2. Of course, if their budget is restricted then they could do with outside money coming in, but surely it would be worth losing a few million dollars to get someone experienced who knows what he is doing, at the very least in order to get the car set up correctly?
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The first year is going to be a learning year anyway. The aim initially will be to get a car that can finish races; they can worry about speed after that. What they need most, in their first season, is money. If the drivers can bring more of that, then they're welcome.
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Depends what they do with the car. I'm expecting USF1 to be right at the back if they take on two rookies. Just look at the situation Toro Rosso were in with Alguersuari.
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how old is Pedro Diniz? P'raps they could ask him to come out of retirement and add a few bob to the kitty...
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I don't know how much money Pedro lost when Prost folded, but it would probably have been a fair amount. Certainly he hasn't been involved in F1 since then.
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Think I read somewhere about a russian GP2 pilot Petrov that was searching to enter into F1. And that with a big bag of money, up till $15M. All from Campos, to Renault to USF1 may be tempted by that. Could imagine Bernie would enjoy that idea also...
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I think pay drivers are a bad idea in general. If you have to bring loads of dosh with you to get a drive, the nyou don't have enough talent, IMHO. The team should be paying you for your talent, not letting you rent their car.
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But sponsors won't back drivers without a bit of talent .... it works both ways. Yes, the government of Arsecrackistan might put a bit of money into their one vaguely promising driver to push him further up the motorsport ladder than he should perhaps be, but in most cases sponsoring a driver is a business decision based on increasing brand exposure. No company is going to sponsor a driver who's so hopeless he'll never get anywhere in the sport.
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If Jose Maria (Pechito) Lopez is as bad as they say

would it cost more over the season to fix a car that either breaks down or been crashed due to bad driving

The driver that pays to drive must be able to bring it a lot of money to make it worth while

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mrr9,Jan 24 2010
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If Jose Maria (Pechito) Lopez is as bad as they say

Mark

If Pechito is as bad as "who" says?
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