2013 Silly Season (Merged)

[T-star]

My guess is Luffy is off to Carrera Cup and I don't see him losing his T8 enduro seat either.

Murf to HRT, driver pairings to be determined after Percat's position is sorted out.




What I find interesting is that Klein has spent a lot of time with the Walkinshaw crew in 2012...surely not just for his one off drive at Indy?? If he gets the drive in the #9 then good luck to him...but did Walky have plans for him?

[GTRMagic]

Errrr.....

[ford71]

If you squint you can still see SBR

[GTRMagic]

Hmmm...

[Oldtony]

Gunna be a few people with their nose out of joint but I feel a huge breathe of fresh air rolling through the sport.
Betty should inject something that will appeal to the 51% of the population we have been denigrating or offending for the past few years.
If we had that sort of thing happening recently convincing the TV people we had a marketable and promotable entertainment package might have been a lot easier.
Go for it Erebus!

[ford71]

Intriguing isn't she

[rich07]

Originally Posted by Oldtony

Gunna be a few people with their nose out of joint but I feel a huge breathe of fresh air rolling through the sport.
Betty should inject something that will appeal to the 51% of the population we have been denigrating or offending for the past few years.
If we had that sort of thing happening recently convincing the TV people we had a marketable and promotable entertainment package might have been a lot easier.
Go for it Erebus!

Shes a colorful character and not everyone's going to like her but if people cant accept who she is then thats their problem to deal with. V8s need more characters to keep things fresh so Im looking forward to seeing what 2013 brings.

[GTRMagic]

If the story out of SE Qld is correct, a cheque just north the size of running a development series team might see Mr van Gisbergen drive for another team, and if this is to be believed, another manufacturer...

As ever, money can find a way...

As an aside, this twitterer has made a couple of other cryptic comments earlier in the piece which are 100% on the money, yet not covered by the mainstream media... maybe not quite the crackpot that others might have us believe...

Presuming any of this actually happened

[Razor]

So SVG goes to Tekno. Interesting.


Or could it be Murphy and Simon is just using SVG's name as a stir up?

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by Razor

So SVG goes to Tekno. Interesting.


Or could it be Murphy and Simon is just using SVG's name as a stir up?

All possible of course... except it seems someone has asked what it would cost to exit Mr Van Gisbergen's non-compete clause...

[Mixer]

Originally Posted by Razor

So SVG goes to Tekno. Interesting.


Or could it be Murphy and Simon is just using SVG's name as a stir up?

Surely it has to be Murphy. Simon mac is just **** stirring.

[rich07]

Well who else would fit the criteria of being recently retired? And then there's the legal technicality being alluded to. (either the guy can't spell properly or it's a clever pun involving Tekno).

[STEALTHY]

Originally Posted by rich07

Well who else would fit the criteria of being recently retired? And then there's the legal technicality being alluded to. (either the guy can't spell properly or it's a clever pun involving Tekno).

Blind freddy can see thats a deliberate spelling of technicallities

[Downoz]

HO HO HO, Ford lets another one GO.

[Umai Naa]

It's not up to the manufacturer anymore.

[peckstar]

Originally Posted by Downoz

HO HO HO, Ford lets another one GO.

Actually MB have let him go

[sizzle]

Originally Posted by peckstar

Actually MB have let him go

Actually that would be AMG Pecker, we all know MB isn't involved.

[rich07]

Actually it's SBR/Erebus that have let him go , Mercedes have nothing to do with this and AMG are just providing the engines (for a price) so I wouldn't call them a manufacturer in this case.

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by sizzle

Actually that would be AMG Pecker, we all know MB isn't involved.

Having said that, its funny how many MBA cars were laying around the Homebush precinct on display.

Perhaps their stance is softening?

Wonder if George Miedecke is in line for an enduro seat at Erebus, what with his dad's Port Macquarie MB dealership, and previous relationship with the Stones..

[Umai Naa]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Having said that, its funny how many MBA cars were laying around the Homebush precinct on display.

Perhaps their stance is softening?

Wonder if George Miedecke is in line for an enduro seat at Erebus, what with his dad's Port Macquarie MB dealership, and previous relationship with the Stones..

Might be budget-dependant. But yes, everything else makes it seem like a natural choice.

Having Mad Andy's dealership plastered about the cars could be an easy way to the Mercedes Benz branding on them without rocking the boat too much with MBA.

[sizzle]

Originally Posted by rich07

Actually it's SBR/Erebus that have let him go , Mercedes have nothing to do with this and AMG are just providing the engines (for a price) so I wouldn't call them a manufacturer in this case.

[GTRMagic]

Orange & Black #9 Benz?

[NinnyMan]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Orange & Black #9 Benz?

....and silver??? Top of door frames look to be silver.

[GTRMagic]

Since the team that seemed to have a mortgage on silver/chrome will now be blue, maybe there is now an opening

[GTRMagic]

So.. what new announcements will make themselves known on Tuesday?