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Six weeks to Adelaide.If Volvo win a court ruling stopping GRM from running Volvos could there be a scenario where GRM are not on the grid because no Plan B is sufficiently advanced?
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17 Jan 2017, 05:33 (Ref:3703078) | #453 | ||
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Isn't the next court date after Clipsal though?
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Let's just hope its all sorted out before Clipsal, last thing anybody wants is for the cars to be stuck in the garage on the Friday while Volvo and GRM fight out an injunction in the Adelaide Supreme Court as happened at the F1 Grand Prix a few years ago between Sauber and one of its drivers. |
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18 Jan 2017, 05:15 (Ref:3703285) | #455 | |
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Sorry Mark Petch but you got this one wrong.
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18 Jan 2017, 05:24 (Ref:3703287) | #456 | |
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So Gaz will run commodores... big shock. Idiotic decision by him to start legal proceedings in the first place, showed a naivety I didn't expect from him. Doubtful he would have ever won, but more pertinent he had a strict deadline - Volvo did not. It was never going to work
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18 Jan 2017, 06:09 (Ref:3703292) | #460 | ||
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A predictable end to a sorry saga. Was pretty obvious from the beginning it was likely to end this way, GRM's case always seemed pretty thin. A safe bet to assume the legal action will be quietly dropped.
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Good and not surprising outcome that GRM would run Holdens, anyone familiar with litigation would understand that it doesn't take much to rack up fees that would pay for one car to be built.
Fines for not appearing also being considered, this move makes sense. One could also suggest that a payment for Volvo to stop the rot against their brand was on offer, as Courts do tend to support the little guy, especially when he has expensive machines he cannot use. Save the legal fees, grab a payout and move on. |
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A shame to never see or hear those volvos on the grid again, but thankfully now we can all move on. Good to see Garry admit that these commodores he's built have always been his backup plan.
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18 Jan 2017, 09:55 (Ref:3703313) | #463 | |
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Hopefully he gets a new manufacturer and makes Volvo look like absolute idiots
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Volvo are doing what they feel is best for their brand, which correct me if I am wrong is their right? Did David Wall or Jamie Wincup sue GRM when their contract wasn't renewed? How is this different? |
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D.R.T. You are spot on.
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Mr Rogers may have felt aggrieved by certain aspects of Volvo's intent to withdraw, but Volvo were never obligated to do anything beyond what was signed in black and white.
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4 chassis in 5 months.
Although I do believe they were well into building a 4th Volvo at one stage, so that may account for one of them. |
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I'm hoping closer to this, to be honest. That said, will Moff use #33 next year so Tander can use his old number again? |
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I also know of people in the V8 business. Many people from a range of teams have all said that they didn't agree with how Volvo dealt with this situation. The whole company named Volvo is a joke. I'd say that if enough manufacturers are available to V8s and Volvo come back like little worms they will get told to screw it. Not publicly but behind closed doors a lot happens that not many people know of.
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19 Jan 2017, 08:30 (Ref:3703520) | #474 | ||
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What, for announcing they would see out the existing contract but not renew it?
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From what we know - Volvo provided 6 months notice. What would be your suggestion of how Volvo could have exited GRM with a better process? |
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