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2 Jun 2012, 00:37 (Ref:3083590) | #1301 | |
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Not sure why Ford persists with the FPV thing. Perhaps they need to sell a larger slice of the pie to Prodrive, and let them steer the ship.
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Essendon gives Ford star Mark Winterbottom a ‘mongrel' edge
just read this, had me thinking, Frosty does have a reputation for being cautious, has this changed this year?. His pass on GT in WA suggest he might, he has roughed up his team mate once or twice. |
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well without being well placed, I don't know any other entity that could do the "performance road car" stuff, other than Ford dragging it back in house. However I see this as unlikely
if they want to be winning in V8's, given the present results sheet, they don't have much choice it didn't fall into a pile of muck in 2006, why now? People are realising that personal debt is bad, especially when consumed by wants rather than needs, and combine this with the desire to have cars that don't consume a large amount of fuel, equals a slow down in large car sales, including performance cars. I'm not seeing how this change of consumer thought patterns means Prodrive and Ford will have a falling out? |
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If Prodrive theoretically was to no longer modify cars for Ford it doesn't necessarily have to alter their arrangements with Ford in regard to Ford Performance Racing.
Kelly Racing does not modify Nissan road vehicles for Nissan, but Nissan still want them. Triple 8 does not modify Holden road vehicles for Holden, but Holden still want them. |
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Considering its Ford Performance Vehicles that is downsizing, not Ford Performance Racing, one would think FPV needs subsidising, not FPR, if anything.
Regardless, I'm sure Prodrive could continue to run FPR as a stand-alone entity, just as any other top team does, especially after a stellar year they are having this year. Their magnificent performance can't do any harm when negotiating new or existing sponsorship deals. |
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Given that FPR has always seemed to be bottom basement with regard to sponsorship costs, one would think things are going to have to change. No doubt a big chunk of HRT and probably 888's funding comes from Holden, but you'd probably argue that both of them are able to sustain themselves without it; I'm not sure I could say the same thing about FPR.
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Bare in mind, Triple 8 have a fairly good parts supply client base going. There's 9 cars in the main game, plus the small handful in DVS.
Furthermore, they've got contracts for parts on the COTF. Then there's the customer cars that are coming out of that, which will also need parts. Face it, Triple 8 have gone down a different path to FPR. |
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Seems to fall into place with what I predicted earlier this year regarding the yet-to-be revealed livery at the start of the season.
I like it. |
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That looks frickin awesome.
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It's way, way, way better in black.
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The rest of the story, before we read too much into it.
Thoughts on this? Bit of photoshop here by Adam Zeitinger.. Looks pretty tough! (https://www.facebook.com/SVGSBR9) Seems this guy has done quite a few different photos/ angles of it. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...9200497&type=3 I just think its some fan playing around, i wouldn't read too much into it. |
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Tekno gets a new round sponsor
Do we think they are paying full tote odds @ somewhere north of $100k a round for the signage? |
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Hmm. Thought I read somewhere a while back that Tekno weren't going to put one off title sponsors.
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