Comments on: Virgin go their own way with new breed F1 team

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:46:27 +0000

I know its brilliant!!! i really like the boy.

By: MartinWR

MartinWR — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:13:55 +0000

Kobayashi will drive for Sauber in 2010. Sauber’s got his head screwed on and made a real catch. Now if he can just build the guy a half decent wagon, things could get a bit interesting.

By: MartinWR

MartinWR — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:00:39 +0000

Well that’s more than you can say for the people who do business with him. Presumably they value virtual money more highly than the real thing. Very strange.

Reminds me of Nick Fry doing business with him, and which of them got the most out of that.

Which then reminds me of Nick Fry and Henkel. And the missing £80 million. Oh dear, getting carried away again.

By: Stu

Stu — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:09:58 +0000

Isn’t old Branson a wiley old fox?! He’s got himself a total bargain…

However I don’t want to see him in a stewardess outfit so he better beat Lotus!

By: Paul Kirk

Paul Kirk — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:08:41 +0000

Hay, I have the greatest respect for the female of our species, especially if they project femininity, and I agree that women’s sports should be encouraged, but I also believe there is MEN’s sports, and WOMEN’s sports, and I see nothing but trouble when a woman attempts to be equal to men by taking them on in a MAN’s sport!!!!!Just look at the trouble and resentment caused globaly by the Women’s Liberation moovement to the work force! I’ve raced cars, boats, and motorcycles, and my doughter raced Karts, and I’ve studied and supported and been involved in various forms of motor sports, (and other sports like tenis and boxing) for 55 years, and in all that time I’ve never seen or heard of a female being able to aproach a male’s competitive and athletic and sporting ability! So I’m bloody sure it will never happen in F1! And as for Danica Patrick, please NOOOO!
Respectfully
P.K.

By: Rudy Pyatt

Rudy Pyatt — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:38:07 +0000

From the stereotype given, I presume you mean NASCAR. Not NASCAR stuff (though Trulli enjoyed his recent test). I mean the REAL Indy, or Fontana.

Then again, hold that thought. With maybe half a dozen exceptions, the F1 fraternity has always shown hesitance – scorn? fear? – for running on the ovals. You can take it all the way back to the Race of Two Worlds. Since then, even then, only all-time greats/World Champions/or all-rounders (Fangio, Moss, Clark, Hill, Stewart, Fitipaldi, Mansell, Montoya, even) have taken the challenge.

I dunno. Maybe the death of Brooklands (and the bumps at Monza) forever put the F1 at large, and, synonymously, the UK, off of ovals. Too bad. I’d love to see LH and JB bombing into Turn One at Indy.

By: rpaco

rpaco — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:03:23 +0000

Didn’t Vauxhall pull out of BTCC at the end of season? Of course the dust has not yet settled on the GM bankruptcy. So yes there may well be some spare kit about.

By: rpaco

rpaco — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:59:44 +0000

Yes you are quite right, I was wrong, got my mnemonics mixed it was HBOS not Hong Kong~Shanghai Bank of China that Lloyds was conned into buying by Messers Brown and Darling.

By: James Allen

James Allen — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:03:34 +0000

Try james@

By: " for sure "

" for sure " — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:14:12 +0000

Lloyds TSB did not buy HSBC! HSBC remains strong and independant and hasn’t so far as I am aware had a cent of support from the UK Government.

The division of Lloyds that have invested is a Venture Capital business, not the bank.