F1

[craigy_87]

seen this posted on the 306 forum an thought i'd stick it up here

seems pug/citroen (well PSA) have been eyeing up buying Honda in the F1

linky (http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/081215090422.shtml)

apologies if its been posted already lol

[Barry123]

Citroen F1 VTS

woooo

[phillyh]

Thatll be cool!

[grantlowery]

With the current economical climate, Im not sure F1 will be around for much longer.

[smiith]

Citroen F1 VTS

woooo

10 laps and a driveshaft will go, and the arches will come off if they hit a puddle

[smiith]

With the current economical climate, Im not sure F1 will be around for much longer.

F1 is the worlds richest sport... football will go under before f1 does because of cashflow

[grantlowery]

F1 is the worlds richest sport... football will go under before f1 does because of cashflow

Maybe so, but there are more teams etc.

with f1 there is only a few teams.

[phillyh]

F1 is the worlds richest sport... football will go under before f1 does because of cashflow

True, look at the the lower league teams getting points deductions because f lack of funds, its slowly dying :(

[grantlowery]

Football is to big a sport to just dissapear.

[smiith]

Football is to big a sport to just dissapear.

so is f1, it will never go under, teams like ferarri will never go under, honda isnt exactly going under, just dont want to do it no more, not like they cant afford it.

[grantlowery]

Im not saying there going to go under, but teams will withdraw interest.

[smiith]

na, there will always be teams there to keep the sport going, how many other sports can close a city down for the weekend?

always be money, always be teams wanting to race

[craigy_87]

s*it the bed whats this i read

second linky (http://www.worldcarfans.com/9081213.015/report-fiat--psapeugeot-citroen-set-to-merge)

fiat an PSA joining up

[frankie]

fiat and PSA have been working together for abit i think

well they share a factory together

[furiomike]

if honda still had the money they'd still be doing it. all car manufactorers are struggling, it just depends whether or not they can justify spending millions in F1 despite this.

[frankie]

imo i dont think all of the car manufacturs are as bad as they say they are....think their crying poverty just for the monies

[Barry123]

imo i dont think all of the car manufacturs are as bad as they say they are....think their crying poverty just for the monies

frankie.... they're fucked. seriously fucked

[grantlowery]

if honda still had the money they'd still be doing it. all car manufactorers are struggling, it just depends whether or not they can justify spending millions in F1 despite this.

my point exactly

[Ste]

My dad retired early because the dealership he worked at went from selling roughly 2-3 cars per day per salesman, to 3 per week for the whole dealership.


But i can't see F1 ever dying out, they will adjust the formula to make hefy cost cuts if big teams say there pulling out. Theres too much corruption behind the scenes for anyone to know why an F1 team really pulls out. And they keep changing the rules to keep drivers sweet hence the comeback of proper slicks.

[frankie]

all controled by the mafia imo.....

[Ryan]

f1 will never die, its survived through world wars and other global financial crisis's before.

Cost cutting will happen by the teams and the FIA.

Pug used to produce engines for prost which was ligier iirc.

[frankie]

they should go old skool....

you only get paid if you win lol....

not get 2million quid for coming last all season lol

[Sophia_Bush]

If they do they better have a better engine than the peugeot V10 they last had, no reliability (not surprissing) down on power, old design compared to all other engines at the time.

Would be good if they came back, they always said (peugeot) they would consider it again if the time was right for them. The again wouldbe interesting if they or citroen came back in.

[furiomike]

yeah i remember prost peugot of about 10 years ago. they could still use honda engines as long as they pay honda to make them, then badge as pug/cit.

[Ryan]

yeah i remember prost peugot of about 10 years ago. they could still use honda engines as long as they pay honda to make them, then badge as pug/cit.

when renault first left f1 the engines were rebadged by a few companies for a season or so.

[amyescapades]

10 laps and a driveshaft will go, and the arches will come off if they hit a puddle

haha made me lol

[Sophia_Bush]

no no osmething stupid headgasket will go or they will use a MA diesel boz

[Ryan]

no no osmething stupid headgasket will go or they will use a MA diesel boz

at least they wont have to wait till Vtec kicks in yo! ;)