They need specialist labour, not cheap labour.
So specialist labour is only available in the UK. Doubt that very much.
I doubt it, with the technical partnership that Virgin (soon to be Marussia) has signed with McLaren to use some of their technology (windtunnel and simulator) I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up using the same KERS package (and possibly gearbox) that McLaren has. Who exactly makes McLaren's KERS, I thought it was badged as a Mercedes unit but I seem to remember reading that an outside company was hired to manufacture it?
Can I presume next season we will see Car 3 Jenson Button, Car 4 Lewis Hamilton?
If Nico Rosberg had signed to replace Jenson at McLaren next season I wouldn't have a bloody clue who was in which car.
In 09, when Vettel joined Red Bull, he was the number 2 car to Webber, but when Vettel beat Webber in that season he was the no.1 car. So I think Hamilton and Button will change over, as the car number (usually) signifies whether you finished ahead of your teammate
Webber was already at Red Bull in 2008, and Vettel was a newcomer. It's the same with Massa and Alonso in 2010, Alonso finished higher in 1009, but as Massa was already with Ferrari, he was given the 'number 1' status ie. car no. 7 instead of car no.8.But didn't Vettel beat Webber in the 2008 standings? I thought that was always the common method, whoever comes first in the standings whether they move to a different team or not they will get the higher number, of course there are some exceptions.