Comments on: “Manufacturer era in F1 is over” says Williams boss

By: Tim L

Tim L — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:23:20 +0000

Adam Parr….Much like FW…he has nothing to say….wroth listening to or reading about !

By: Fausto Cunha

Fausto Cunha — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:06:10 +0000

Portugal(sorry for that)

By: Fausto Cunha

Fausto Cunha — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:47:22 +0000

I understand what you´re saying.

Ferrari hasn´t provided any better solution to help those manufacteurs staying, they were losing money, so they walked away.

The teams needs sponsors, big names like Red Bull, that´s what the new teams need , sponsors that provides resources to develop and become established like you said.

F1 is very expensive, I was thinking in going to Barcelona to attend the grand prix in last May but i live in Potugal and i would spend arround 900 euros to do that, almost half of that on the ticket for the race, for me that´s impossible.

By: Just A Bloke (Martin)

Just A Bloke (Martin) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:34:18 +0000

well said, intelligent post.

I dont think Nick Wirth, Mike Gascoyne et al. will be too bothered.

By: Jim Belfast

Jim Belfast — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:16:33 +0000

I think its a bit like the top European Football teams wanting a Euroleague. Real Mdrid get more out of beating AC Milan than they do Mallorca.

Ferrari get more out of beating “big names” like Honda, BMW, Mercedes, than they do Manor or Campos.

Also losing to a Torro Rosso or a Force India doesn’t sit any better with Ferrari than it does with Real madrid when Mallorca beat them.

However, being beaten by Williams or Red Bull is easier to take as they are “ESTABLISHED”.

What Ferarri want is to be racing established teams with established drivers. So thats why they fret when BMW and Toyota leave as they are established names.

We need the 4 new teams to have staying power and become established. Even Brawn as an entity may disappear after just 1 year.

By: Neil Williams

Neil Williams — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:36:20 +0000

But was the ‘let-off’ Renault received within the WMSC hearing conditional on their continued participation, James? Could punishment be applied retrospectively should they decide to pull out?

By: mvi

mvi — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:31:28 +0000

It read especially well with aqualung! And the predictive texting cracks me right up. Fabulous imagery, guys!

By: Med

Med — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:24:21 +0000

“I wish I made as much money as him”?

By: Med

Med — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:12:48 +0000

Nowadays you’re probably right, I think back when these cars were designed with a pen and paper, then a clever engineer could have a marked effect on a car’s performance – think Lotus and early Williams; nowadays it’d be whoever can afford the best computing power to crunch all the numbers.

However, since the teams have agreed on “resource restrictions” or whatever they’re calling the “anything but a budget cap” it’d be nice if the FIA loosened up the regs a bit, or, since they’re awful keen on banning everything, ban the use of computers in designing the car.

By: John Snow

John Snow — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:54:04 +0000

Tenuous Renault link but have seen this?

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150386832229

Half way down, it says:

“The car is in-original state as in the 1994 F1 season, with paddle-shift and traction control.”

I always knew they were cheating! More races (and a championship) that Pat and Flav won by cheating!