Who are likely to be the suitors to purchase the Honda F1 Team?

[Placid]

Do not expect AGR and "The Captain" - and not even Mark Cuban - to
jump the "Price is Right" bandwagon.

[Placid]

andretti wouldn't take the time to piss on f1 so you can rule that one out. rahal maybe if he had a sponsor. What does one do in a recession?? they DRINK - so there is you clue = Also you Euro and us could get rid of this bull smoking ban.

Rahal / Gurney was close in 2004 but they did not had that solid sponsor.

My bet is either Richards or Stoddart (If Maxie steps down).

[Valve Bounce]

Rahal / Gurney was close in 2004 but they did not had that solid sponsor.

My bet is either Richards or Stoddart (If Maxie steps down).

Stoddart has some serious misgivings about F1 before he left. I don't think he appreciated the way he was forced out. Why would he come back?

[wmcot]

markabilly has it right. No one can come up with the backing to field a team today. That includes the oil sheiks. Look for another couple of teams to bite the dust in the next year. It ain't gonna be pretty folks; and not just in F1 either.

But if anybody can come up with the money, they might get a very good bargain right now.

[CNR]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/moto...ne/7769107.stm

Stoddart is well aware of the pressures of trying to raise the necessary finance to compete in a notoriously expensive sport, and he has nothing but sympathy for those Honda employees who are facing redundancy.

i would count him out

[Powered by Cosworth]

The team won't be sold, simply, Honda don't want to sell it.

They did the same with Super Aguri. They had plenty of decent offers, yet didn't sell. They just want to get out of F1 alltogether.

[RWD]

I read somewhere that Carlin was sniffing around. But I think Dave Richards will buy the team, he wants into F1, if he buys honda, he has a ready made factory, cars etc, all he needs to do is stick the Ferrari engines Force India dont want for 09 and then sign up for the cheaper Cosworth engines in 2010.

[Sarah]

NOTW says the team could be sold for £1 and Dubai Investment Capital are in talks. Any buyer would have to prove they have the £150m to fund the team next year.

Trevor Carlin and David Richards also been linked but don't have the budget.

[markabilly]

NOTW says the team could be sold for £1 and Dubai Investment Capital are in talks. Any buyer would have to prove they have the £150m to fund the team next year.

Trevor Carlin and David Richards also been linked but don't have the budget.

Dubai is one of a number of countries who maybe going in the tank, BIG TIME, due to the drop in oil prices

[CNR]

NOTW says the team could be sold for £1 and Dubai Investment Capital are in talks. Any buyer would have to prove they have the £150m to fund the team next year.

Trevor Carlin and David Richards also been linked but don't have the budget.

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