Nismo
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Eeek!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7766092.stm
"British driver Jenson Button (above) would lose his place in the sport if the team were to fold"
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deano87
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I'm sure Jenson is bothered. He's minted.
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daymoon
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credit crunch tbh...
sad to see team go..
more teams - more competition.
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Nismo
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
I'm sure Jenson is bothered. He's minted.
Minted im sure, but im sure hed rather drive.
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deano87
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Oh, I agree. But it isn't like other people facing redundancy at the moment, is all I mean.
Serious question: do the Honda F1 cars have VTEC?
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daymoon
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
Oh, I agree. But it isn't like other people facing redundancy at the moment, is all I mean.
Serious question: do the Honda F1 cars have VTEC?
f
dont now if its serious or not at that as well.
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Rob_Lee
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Madness aint it.
Just heard it on the news... expected smaller teams to go before someone like Honda!
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Ryan
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im sure button would get a drive, even if it was in a force india.
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corsasriboy
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my mate works for honda f1! he's only just finished his apprenticeship/degree as well, gutting for him.
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Daniel_Corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
Serious question: do the Honda F1 cars have VTEC?
Yeh from idle to 19,000rpm
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deano87
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lil_g
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Ron Dennis may leave soon too 
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Paul_J
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That's mental! They only just spent a fortune on wind tunnel and stuff!!
I bet their sponsers won't be too happy.
Even though they were doing shit lately, it still got their sponsers names on show - and the sponsers happily funded more money towards development in the hope that they'd be sponsering a winning team.
Oh dear.
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nik
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I can see more teams leaving. The cost is bloody stupid for a season, most car companies are losing money, does F1 make them anywhere near what they spend?
When the belt tightens it'll be things like racing teams that go under IMO.
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Daimo B
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I bet their sponsers won't be too happy.
They don't really have any sponsers, its run by Honda. Thats why the cars not covered in sponsor logos, just the panet earth.
I think its a huge shame, sure Honda haven't been good the last few seasons, but I thought they started work on their 09 car very early this year knowing the 08 car was sh1te.
Big shame for F1, the question is, will more follow.........
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Daimo B
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Originally posted by nik
I can see more teams leaving. The cost is bloody stupid for a season, most car companies are losing money, does F1 make them anywhere near what they spend?
When the belt tightens it'll be things like racing teams that go under IMO.
Yup, in sponsership. Its how F1 works.
We're talking Millions just to put the name on the sidepods etc..
Top teams are spending £400million odd per year, that all comes from sponsership. Thats how a team becomes profitable. Its a business, a race team is a business, and it has to be profitable to be carry on racing.
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Nismo
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The honda team is up for sale at £200m 
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Nath
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Tempted.
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£200m thats quite cheap actually, think of all the machines and buildings and shit.
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Kyle T
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It's such a shame as Honda have spent the whole dev time of 2008 working on next years car, they've been putting all their effort into next year and I believe they'd have come to the grid with a competetive pair of cars.
All gone to shit now though 
Button may end up testing next season, but he'll get a 2010 seat no worries.
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lil_g
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Is it official now?
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Ash_EP3
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
Oh, I agree. But it isn't like other people facing redundancy at the moment, is all I mean.
Serious question: do the Honda F1 cars have VTEC?
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update : just got some inside information that they are testing a ferrari engine in the car this weekend!! and they have also got an arab shaker coming to look around with the intention of buying!!!
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Robbo
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Honda are for sale for £1 actually 
And they are still sponsored by BAT just don't display on their cars but they aren't as heavily fudned as say McLaren
IIRC we pay $25m a year to sponsor McLaren.... was double that for Ferrari
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Paul_J
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quote:
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Originally posted by Paul_J
I bet their sponsers won't be too happy.
They don't really have any sponsers, its run by Honda.
I used to work for a company that was sponsering them, so that's what my reference was.
SEIKO.
but yeh you could be right, when they did the earth shit I think a lot of the sponsership moved to the drivers (clothes / helmet) - the lollipop is the only other thing I think they sponser now?
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