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Its a business.The last people to be told would be the people in the Motor Sport Division so they would be unaware of what was happening.Presumably they will be paid off under the terms of their contracts.These people will be much better off than most who lose their jobs in the next eighteen months
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It will be particularly hard to find a buyer if,as suggested,Honda are not even going to produce engines any more.
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Ok I've just been informed staff have been handed their 90 day notice today, inside source, looks like the real deal.
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Management buy-out?
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Who´s gonna get Honda engines if FIF1 with a customer Ferrari engine makes them look like an amateur entry??? I see Honda´s F1 project as extremely bad managed one, Nick Fry should have been fired long time ago...in companion of Button. A well proven non-profitable/non-competitive F1 entry...Honda Took over BAR to through the last stone that finally sunk the Boat. If Prodrive, Peugeot, or whoever buys this team manages to create some competitive team like Toro Rosso (1/3rd of Honda´s Budget at least), then it will be good for the sport. |
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The Honda engine is reliable and was often in the top 3-5 at speed traps, sometimes the top speed achiever.
Unfortunately everything around it let it down! |
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So this is why Nick Fry cancelled the lunch yesterday.
Surprised about this - yes - shocked - no. With the global climate the way it is, many car plants going on extended shut downs you surely have to cut the unecessary expense first from your budgets. As for the fact that Honda have been building up into a nice team in the past year, that doesn't matter, in motorsport the carpet can most certainly be pulled out from under you. |
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Does any real racer actually care ? As far as I'm concerned , F1 , and the entire paraphenalia of the white trash of the international jet set that go with it , could all go to Hell in a handcart tomorrow . Proper racing will still carry on .
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so if there aren't gonna be anyone to buy the team does that mean, we are supposed to see 4 Ferrari cars in 2009?
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Rubens to DeFerran motorsport, perhaps?
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Truth is... this a very bad time to compete in F1.
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Let's rephrase that famous and old quote :
F1 sells, but who's buying ?? |
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Indeed Bononi, a very bad time, particularly for new teams entering the category. At the moment it would need a manufacturer, either that or a very large independent team such as Prodrive or Oreca, and even then I doubt they would have the necessary budget and resources. Teams like A.R.T, Carlin and Arden, whilst big fish in GP2 and other single seater categories really dont have anything like the sort of budget required for a F1 programme, not without a major backer.
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And the F1 implosion rolls on. 18 car grid next year it is then - I bet Abu Dhabi will feel they're getting their $150 million worth.
I wonder who will be next to kick the bucket. Williams by the end of, ooh, 2010 maybe? |
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I guess the power of dreams wasn't enough, and so the first domino falls...
I am sure someone will buy, but it will definitely be a customer car team. My early prediction, Brabham will be back with Bernie at the helm running customer BMW's. |
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