Comments on: How the three new F1 teams were chosen

By: polnajung25

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By: CTP

CTP — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:23:27 +0000

the chosen 3 were absolutely political. more than anything, they were chose because they could be pussy-whipped into shape by max. richards is too successful in his own right to bend over and take it from mosley, and more aligned with fota than these other jokers.
as far as prodrive having blotted their copybook by not showing up in ’08: the reason was that the fia couldn’t come up with a stable set of rules (sound familiar?) that would guarantee that customer cars were allowed on the grid for ’09 and future seasons. what did you want them to do; sign up for one season?

By: melonfarmer

melonfarmer — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:40:27 +0000

What’s the Cosworth-engined teams’ position on KERS? FOTA may have agreed to set it aside, but if this is all about cost cutting and the FIA’s wish to enhance the environment (just stop lugging so much junk to places that don’t have any fans watching), shouldn’t the non battery powered KERS be an option? Flybrid were offering the entire grid a system a year or so ago for a fraction of the manufacturer teams’ alleged spend.

By: PaulL

PaulL — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:58:30 +0000

My thinking is that the teams with the most funds have the most relevance to the sport and the automotive industry. Whilst funding is necessary for success, it is not directly correlated with it either as Toyota and BAR proved.

I’d like new teams to achieve something in the midfield, bring in new top drivers, and work their way up the ladder. This potentially stabilises a pecking order for a while so top drivers can end up at top teams and new top drivers can show their real worth in midfield teams to begin with. Budget caps might contrive a situation this year whereby all but one of the best drivers (Button aside) are mired in the midfield.

By: duhhh123

duhhh123 — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:31:05 +0000

Could it have anything to do with the Cosworth engine?

Prodrive were inclined to use Mercedes engines. USF1, Campos, and Manor have indicated they will be using the Cosworth engine, the same engine Max and the FIA were pushing a few months back. Cosworth needed 3 to 4 teams to make their comeback to F1 feasible, if I’m not mistaken.

By: GP

GP — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:54:55 +0000

Right off the bat there are two particular points that are suspicious.

First is the exclusion – for now anyway – of Prodrive. I would love to hear the FIA’s reasons for not including such a successful organization.

By accepting the Nick Wirth entry we can rest assured that there will never be unanimous agreement on the kind of rules the FOTA members are looking for. So much for shaping the rules from within. If unanimous agreement was always difficult in the past, it sure looks even more so now. Mosley must think FOTA members are really gullible.

By: krad

krad — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:47:31 +0000

Budget caps will be good as it will provide a level playing field for competition, rather than just whos the richist. You wouldnt think its fair if toyota or ferrari had a 3.5 litre engine where everyone else had a 3 litre. Therefore why should one team be able to spend 400 million odd when the likes of williams stuggle to get together 100 mil

By: Stuart Whitman

Stuart Whitman — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:12:12 +0000

As much as I like Prodrive maybe it’s the supporting documentary evidence on the funding side that put a marker against Dave Richards squad.

Assuming that the FIA are telling the truth and Deloitte did do some forensic accounting maybe these wealthy middle east backers aren’t what they’re made out to be or something in the business plan just doesn’t add up. It could be the contracts and letters of intent supplied by Campos, USF1 and Manor were more compelling than those supplied by others.

Without actually seeing the applications we’ll never be able to make a judgement. What I would like to see is the reason for the application been denied…

By: Brits on Pole

Brits on Pole — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:32:37 +0000

Could it be – this is a genuine question and we would love some insight into it – that Prodrive has simply blotted its copybook by failing to turn up for its alloted grid slots in 2008?

That strikes us as the sort of thing that the FIA might take a very dim view of, however good the reasoning about legal action over customer cars looked at the time…

By: onyx

onyx — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:23:19 +0000

PaulL are you nuts!?Prodrive didnt compete because Mosely/FIA did a u-turn over customer cars under pressure from Williams and Midland.Prodrive had no alternative but to withdraw.Its a joke Prodrive are not in!Its typical of Mosely to go for Wirth and not Prodrive,Lola or Epsilon.Wasnt there some rumours of a link between Wirth and Mosely years ago…..i think we should be told….!!