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British Formula Three race winners Ultimate Motorsport are in talks with Red Bull chiefs about buying a shareholding in Scuderia Toro Rosso.
I don't see how that can happen if customer cars are banned for next year though. Surely they can't construct a car from whenever they buy the team, which would probably take at least another month, and the start of the next season if they have no facilities or workforce for doing that?
I'd never heard of this team, checking wiki they only entered F3 last year.
I read that article too. I would've guessed that a current GP2 team would be interested but not an F3 team. It'll be interesting to follow.
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Originally Posted by Nikki Katz
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4580084a13275.html
I wonder if Ricardo Texeira is related to the Texeira that runs A1GP.
The team run Mygale cars in F3 so perhaps Mygale are planning to become an F1 constructor...?Quote:
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Other than having the same surname there's no connection.Quote:
Originally Posted by cy bais
In a strange sort of way I think a (good) F3 outfit would be better placed to make the step up to F1 than a GP2 outfit, given that GP2 is a strictly controlled one-make series whereas F3, while being 99% Dallara and having some development restrictions in place, is still as close as your going to get to an open formula outside of F1 and sports-prototypes (excluding lower level series like Formula Ford).
The Mygale link-up that was mentioned might make sense, remember when Scuderia Italia ran with Dallara and Lola cars, and Larrousse ran with Lolas for a while too, which was allowed since Dallara/Lola wasn't running a works team or supplying anyone else with cars at the same time, and the same would apply here.
Of course it would be a bloody hard struggle to even get off the back row, initially at least, but as someone else mentioned, somebody needs to be last, the Concorde Agreement income is based around 10 teams so they would be guaranteed some of that, and it would sure be better than an 18 car field.
As far fetched as it might seem for this to come off, I think this rumour certainly has more steam in it than the Lancia one.
are they planning a full buy out, or just buying out the half owned by Red Bull - if so a link up with the existing staff and Berger could make some sense, rather than trying to start from scratch - they've got a couple of years of experience of the red bull chassis and Ferrari engine deal to start as a platform
F3 team boss confirms Toro Rosso talks
http://www.duemotori.com/news/f1/272...osso_talks.php
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The boss of the British F3 outfit Ultimate Motorsport has confirmed he is in negotiations to buy into the formula one team Toro Rosso.
It was reported recently that the Northamptonshire based squad, in only its second year of competition, is positioning to take over Red Bull magnate Dietrich Mateschitz's 50 per cent share of STR, with the backing of the Angolian oil company Sonangol.
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"If our plans go the right way, I'd like to think we could be on the grid for 2009. The aim is to have the whole structure, with the academy from karting, through formula 3 and the World Series, and formula one at the top," he added.
And that would be like expecting Tuppeware to start making Meissen crystal :http://www.soldeasy.co.uk/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=2Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
Sounds ok, F1 is for everyone. Could get young drivers from Kuwait into in F1, why not.
I can't see why not. They have gotten dafter and more elaborate schemes up and running before (they weren't successful, but got going nevertheless).