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8 Feb 2010, 11:31 (Ref:2629211) | #226 | ||
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As for A1, i've said it long time ago that the way the serie was managed was champcar all over: High costs to run, mega-money spending, way to little media-attention to attract sponsorship and a lot of big talk from the CEO how everyone wants to join the serie. I still believe there is a market for a formula-autosportserie. That serie just has to focus on keeping costs to compete & organize the serie low and find partners to have media-attention. Big talk, high spending and no exposure does not work. |
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Governments of all persuasions should stick to providing public services like defence, law and order, education, health, etc. instead of wasting taxpayers' money on sporting events - whether it's the Olympics, football (soccer) World Cup or a shonky motor racing series like A1GP - under the guise of promoting tourism.
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8 Feb 2010, 16:32 (Ref:2629356) | #228 | ||
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Right on, Morris. "Shonky", I love it. Please define? I assume that's like "bogus"?
Roninho, good on you for reading the tea leaves, Your statement is funny though...you could easily take out the title "AIGP" and insert another one that fits the same picture. The Izod IndyCar Series. Andy |
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8 Feb 2010, 20:41 (Ref:2629514) | #229 | ||
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The "world cup" idea could only succeed if the best drivers are in it.
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9 Feb 2010, 04:05 (Ref:2629664) | #230 | ||
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Morris - disagree. Sometimes there is a case for promoting a country, promoting economic development or for a government to provide the investment required to gain indirect benefits e.g. tourism. I know there is skepticism about this but in many cases it works. I strongly disagreed with the A1GP on the Gold Coast case however!
Steve Nielsen - didn't put off the strong crowds at Kyalami, Zandvoort, Durban etc did it? In my view each teams should have different drivers for the sprint and feature to make it more of a team thing but enough people were not put off by not having the best driver from each country. |
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9 Feb 2010, 05:32 (Ref:2629684) | #231 | ||
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I live in Columbus, Ohio U.S.A.
The City government projected growth in local business and civic pride would result from the addition of a professional ice hockey team. Voters rejected the $150M request to fund construction of the arena. No problem, the private investors stepped up to build it...they had the money, they just wanted to keep it. Ten tears later, the team is in financial difficulty and may be leaving the city. The arena has little other use. Too bad for the rich guys, the taxpayers didn't get stuck with the bill. Private ventures to promote local economy in any form are great...hell, if it works, give them a tax break after the fact. Otherwise, you are spending taxpayer dollars that will not necessarily benefit the taxpayers. Not in my city, while I have a vote. |
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9 Feb 2010, 06:13 (Ref:2629688) | #232 | ||
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Macquarie Australian dictionary:
shonky 1: of dubious integrity oor honesty 2:mechanically unreliable Sometimes Australian can be another language |
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9 Feb 2010, 06:56 (Ref:2629698) | #233 | ||
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Thanks man, I love it. Some old racer in England laid "bingle" on me, describing a shunt.
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A well managed World Cup would be a big event, but obviously it would only run once a year (or several more, if you have several tiers and Davis Cup style promotion and relegation). That would make it entirely logical to use a set of technical regulations that are used throughout the year in another series, so that you don't get cars gathering dust for 45 weeks of the year. With the team aspect, it would be an eminently sensible thing to make it more of a team by having more than one driver per nation - I suggest three myself. It would be affordable if it used cheaper, less fiddly cars. |
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10 Feb 2010, 16:27 (Ref:2630709) | #236 | |
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I think we'll see them in EuroBOSS or hillclimbing, it's not as if any new series are going to want to start out with those cars. If we didn't already know the series was dead, it is clearly dead now.
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10 Feb 2010, 23:55 (Ref:2631051) | #238 | ||
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Without engine/gearboxes/software they are show cars. The cost of starting without all of the above is mind blowing and totally prohibitive to running one.
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11 Feb 2010, 05:06 (Ref:2631162) | #239 | ||
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Expected but still very sad
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who was funding it?
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18 Feb 2010, 04:52 (Ref:2635348) | #243 | |
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It's officially doomed ............ as I said on snother thread that got locked
"A1 Team USA Holdings LLC (“Team USA”) has been awarded a $4.5 million dollar judgment against A1 Holdings Ltd., Antonio Teixeira and Lyndhurst Holdings N.V., jointly and severally, for materially breaching a settlement agreement resulting from a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Virginia." |
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18 Feb 2010, 08:54 (Ref:2635395) | #244 | ||
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And the court in The Hague officialy declared A1 team Netherlands bankrupt yesterday
http://www.autosport.nl/news/19743/a..._failliet.html |
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18 Feb 2010, 20:26 (Ref:2635835) | #245 | ||
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You can't run a championship without teams, and A1GP and its franchise agreements make it a little more difficult for them to replace them. It's dead, Jim.
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21 Feb 2010, 12:54 (Ref:2637643) | #246 | ||
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Considering that A1GP's body is now stone-cold, why does the otherwise authoritative US motorsport website www.pitpass.com continue to devote a portion of its homepage, complete with out-of-date 'news', to this defunct series?
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21 Feb 2010, 23:43 (Ref:2637957) | #247 | ||
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In Pitpass there are people who are strong defenders of A1GP cause, hence their site is still dedicating a section to them even if the series is in extremis as it is.
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22 Feb 2010, 06:29 (Ref:2638065) | #248 | ||
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[QUOTEwhy does the otherwise authoritative US motorsport website www.pitpass.com continue to devote a portion of its homepage, complete with out-of-date 'news', to this defunct series? ][/QUOTE]
A lot of people there still waiting for Elvis to come back to..... |
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23 Feb 2010, 01:48 (Ref:2638752) | #249 | ||
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You mean he's gone, too????
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