Doc Austin
4th February 2015, 23:31
According to this link http://thisisf1.com/2015/01/29/force-india-sale-renault-interested/ ,
“The team (Force India) is for sale,” he claimed, “and Renault is interested as it wants to cut the cord to Red Bull and once again have a bigger presence in formula one.”
The link is to a article on http://thisisf1.com. To the best of my knowledge, this is a credible source.
The shocking part of this is the reference to Renault wanting to cut it's ties to Red Bull. Where does this leave Red Bull, and if all of this is true, do they start building their own power units?
From the same link:
Meanwhile, Bach also claimed that Pastor Maldonado’s place at Lotus is in doubt, as his and the Enstone team’s major Venezuelan backer, the state-owned PDVSA, is in crisis over the dramatic fall in oil prices.
He wrote: “Bernie Ecclestone is apparently looking for a buyer for Lotus, because he wants to get rid of the uncomfortable Gerard Lopez.
If only Lotus could have held out and not switched to Mercedes, they would have probably been in the catbird seat to get bought up by Renault.
Now, another link:
http://autoweek.com/article/formula-one/force-india-denies-rumors-financial-collapse
Indeed, the highly respected German publication Auto Motor und Sport on Thursday repeated rumors of Force India falling so behind in bills to key suppliers -- such as one that provides the all-important carbon fiber -- that it is the reason for the delayed debut of the VJM08.
Holy cow. If they don't even have their tubs yet, how are they going to make the next test?
Couple all of this with The Marussia troubles and I can't remember an F1 season with so much doubt hanging over so many teams. Caterham is presumable gone, Marussi may or may not make it, Force India is allegedly for sale and Bernie wants Lotus sold. Add to that Renault allegedly wants to cut it's ties to Red Bull, and that leaves McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes as the only two teams in the series that are not fighting some sort of crisis.
Thinking back to last year when the smaller teams were voicing so much concern, don't we all feel silly now for not taking it seriously enough?
“The team (Force India) is for sale,” he claimed, “and Renault is interested as it wants to cut the cord to Red Bull and once again have a bigger presence in formula one.”
The link is to a article on http://thisisf1.com. To the best of my knowledge, this is a credible source.
The shocking part of this is the reference to Renault wanting to cut it's ties to Red Bull. Where does this leave Red Bull, and if all of this is true, do they start building their own power units?
From the same link:
Meanwhile, Bach also claimed that Pastor Maldonado’s place at Lotus is in doubt, as his and the Enstone team’s major Venezuelan backer, the state-owned PDVSA, is in crisis over the dramatic fall in oil prices.
He wrote: “Bernie Ecclestone is apparently looking for a buyer for Lotus, because he wants to get rid of the uncomfortable Gerard Lopez.
If only Lotus could have held out and not switched to Mercedes, they would have probably been in the catbird seat to get bought up by Renault.
Now, another link:
http://autoweek.com/article/formula-one/force-india-denies-rumors-financial-collapse
Indeed, the highly respected German publication Auto Motor und Sport on Thursday repeated rumors of Force India falling so behind in bills to key suppliers -- such as one that provides the all-important carbon fiber -- that it is the reason for the delayed debut of the VJM08.
Holy cow. If they don't even have their tubs yet, how are they going to make the next test?
Couple all of this with The Marussia troubles and I can't remember an F1 season with so much doubt hanging over so many teams. Caterham is presumable gone, Marussi may or may not make it, Force India is allegedly for sale and Bernie wants Lotus sold. Add to that Renault allegedly wants to cut it's ties to Red Bull, and that leaves McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes as the only two teams in the series that are not fighting some sort of crisis.
Thinking back to last year when the smaller teams were voicing so much concern, don't we all feel silly now for not taking it seriously enough?