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5 Aug 2005, 13:44 (Ref:1372917) | #1 | ||
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The 4 remaining franchises
Who do you think they will/should go to?
I reckon Finland, Japan, Spain and Russia would round things off nicely |
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5 Aug 2005, 15:17 (Ref:1372991) | #2 | ||
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Argentina,Denmark & Poland certainly have drivers but no franchise yet.
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5 Aug 2005, 15:30 (Ref:1372999) | #3 | |
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Germany, Italy and Ireland are being announced in the next week or two.
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Are you sue there's only 4 franchises left? There are still five "question mark" flags on the a1gp site.
I'd guess: Russia-biggest country on earth, an absolute no-brainer choice. For drivers they'd be looking at Vasiliev, Fomenko and maybe Zlobin Spain- A notale omission, especially since Portugal's already in there Japan- Major centre of the motor industry, so definitly ought to be in there. There's plenty of FNippon and SuperGT pedallers who'd jump at the chance- maybe Takagi? Belgium- Need an excuse to go to Spa Egypt- Africa is under-represented in the current line-up, so another entry would redress the balance. |
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5 Aug 2005, 15:47 (Ref:1373017) | #5 | |
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A1GP say there are 12 more countries applied than they have space for
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Not surprising that there are more countries than spaces but what factors is A1GP taking into account in deciding which of the countries that have applied will get franchises?
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6 Aug 2005, 18:27 (Ref:1373863) | #9 | ||
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I say Romania, Ecuador, and Cuba.
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I'd reckon the UAE will take one, given that that's Makhtoum al Makthoums home country. I think Spain will too, because it's been said that amongst the remaining franchises, there is a big european country. I also think Indonesia will, given that the country is probably gonna be hosting an event. Finally, i think Argentina will have a franchise too. |
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a1gp-world.com has Singapore down on its list of (23) teams, so I would guess that is one of them.
I would also agree that Argentina and Spain are likely. |
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British Antarctic Territory! Shouldn't have any sponsorship worries there.
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Sounds reasonable, Sceptic. I guess it'll be UAE, Argentina, Spain, and whichever of Singapore or Indonesia that gets the GP.
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Im suprised No japan as someone has pointined out ....
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Me too Mike, Japan would have I would have thought been near the top of A1 GP's list, after all theres lots of teams capable of running the cars and Im sure they woudnt have any problems finding drivers.
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There will be 26 contries in the 2005/2006 A1GP Series. 19 have been confirmed.
Confirmed A1 Teams: Australia Brazil Canada China France Great Britain India Lebanon Malaysia Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Pakistan Portugal South Africa South Korea Switzerland Turkey Usa I think the other 7 A1 teams will be: Germany Italy Singapore Japan Spain Russia Argentina |
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UAE will definitely be one, I'd assume, given the Sheik's nationality.
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Is it posible there will be more than 26 countries?
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30 Aug 2005, 15:14 (Ref:1394550) | #20 | |
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Am still really surprised Italy haven't been announced yet (unless i'm mistaken?)!
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30 Aug 2005, 18:23 (Ref:1394712) | #21 | |
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You're not mistaken, Italy hasn't been announced yet.
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Italy had a flag on the website,but it has been removed-indicating that plans for a franchise have been abandoned?
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No, just indicating that they changed the flags to only show those which have been announced.
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The Italian entry is dead.
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