soccerman17
Race Winner
But Red Bull definitely don't have the option to go Mercedes...
The return of BMW?
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I don't know why you feel the need to explain yourself it is obvious that RedBull are Austrian they even have their own track in Austria, I believe it is called the A1 ring or something like that...
It's like BP aren't British it is mostly owned by the Americans but that didn't stop them giving us flack when that oil pipe erupted, come to think of it Wessex water who I pay my water rates to are owned by the Americans as well and both the Severn Bridges are owned by the French, and most of the railways in Britain are owned by the Germans....
Lets face it most of Britain is owned by other countries that are not British so how we can claim British rights over motorsport is beyond me...
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Or the other way of looking at it: "So, you want 400m Euros a year to shoot down those cocky silver bastards? Have 600m!"
I don't know. On the one hand it's tempting to decline Red Bull for Mercedes applications because it reduces chances of Mercedes-AMG world championships. On the other hand, it results in a much higher chance of Mercedes winning a title with one of its teams.
This said, if I was Red Bull I would want a works engine supplier. I think that leaves BMW or Renault. I doubt Hondai will supply Red Bull and not in near term under works agreement.
As a BMW owner and M Fan, I would hate to see BMW hook up with a shit team like Sauber.
It's Red Bull or nothing. BMW Motorsport is too strong a brand to waste on a team that can't win.
But didn't they hook up with them before and win a Grand Prix?
BMW bought Sauber as Frank Williams wouldn't sell them his team. Even with all the money BM pumped in they only won one race so not mush of a return on their investment at Sauber. Although I'm sure Peter Sauber got some very nice equipment out of it it doesn't seem to have done mush to improve the competitiveness of the team.
Team was fine until last year. Seems to have gone downhill since Peter Sauber went hands off.
I know BMW had a down turn in 2009 with the new rules but still think if they'd have kept with it they'd have mafe it to the top. They barely spent 3 years at it. I mean how long did it take Red Bull to get to the top?
I know BMW had a down turn in 2009 with the new rules but still think if they'd have kept with it they'd have mafe it to the top. They barely spent 3 years at it. I mean how long did it take Red Bull to get to the top?
They certainly got to the top quicker than Red Bull, looking at the 2009 Brazilian GP, there's reason to suspect a BMW-backed Sauber team could have been towards the sharp end in 2010, especially with Kubica in tow.
soccerman17
Race Winner
Financially, they were fine until last year. Competitively, they were fine until this year. Hulkenberg had a very decent run towards the end of last season in his Sauber.
He did. Maybe the awful driver line up is hampering them this year.
soccerman17
Race Winner
Without a doubt it is, but I still don't think it would be nearly as good as last year's. Cars and drivers both seem shit.
I'd rather see Alfa Romeo back, personally...
Shogun
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There have been rumors that with Honda's return to F1 next year with McLaren, that they would supply other teams as well and that there would be a Honda works team. It would be nothing for Honda to buy Marussia or Caterham when either or both of those teams fold in the near future.
