BRABHAM! The old band really IS getting back together!

http://www.myf1dream.com/blog.php

Oh, look who has submitted an entry. :laugh:

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Originally Posted by jens

With March and Brabham I have got another speculation. If FIA really decides to reject FOTA's application, then after June 12 Max tells FOTA members that if you want to race in F1, then buy their place on the grid and you can race. :p : The only function of those "empty names" is just to fill up all 13 entry slots, so that there is no room any more and their place can be bought - more money to FIA (we might get more of those empty names during next days).

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Or maybe these entries are being invented by F1 rumour sites, all trying to out-do each other to get maximum page impressions for their advertisers.
I really hope that's it, and not what you said, because that would just be too evil. Though entirely plausible given that we are talking about Max. :(

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Brabham Enterprises Limited released a statement this afternoon saying that it is ready to take legal advice over the use of the name for the team.

The statement read: "Sir Jack Brabham and the Brabham family have expressed their surprise at the recent news reporting that an entry has been submitted for the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship by Formtech with the intention of operating as Brabham Grand Prix Limited.
"The family would like to make it clear that they are in no way involved with Brabham Grand Prix Limited and received no consultation regarding the company's plans to resurrect their historic name in Formula One.
"The family is taking legal advice and will take necessary steps to protect their name, reputation and its goodwill."

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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75806

Well well, it seems like this will make it one less entry on Max's list.
Great news!

Who's next to fall off the list?

Meanwhile James Allen has a little bit more info about this proposed Brabham entry:
http://allenonf1.wordpress.com/2009/...am-back-in-f1/

I stopped readin' when James said how Mateschitz is a close friend of Mosley and how RBR will stay based on that, because that is BS like the whole article that James dreamed up.

The Brabhams can bicker all they like, but if the dude owns the legal rights to use the name Brabham Grand Prix, then there should be nothing they can do... should have made sure you owned the rights yourself.

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Originally Posted by maximilian

The Brabhams can bicker all they like, but if the dude owns the legal rights to use the name Brabham Grand Prix, then there should be nothing they can do... should have made sure you owned the rights yourself.

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The original Brabham Formula One outfit folded in 1992 under the ownership of Japanese engineering firm Middlebridge Group, after which the Brabham family bought back the rights to the company.

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i do not see it that way

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Originally Posted by thunderbolt

i do not see it that way

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I said, IF :D He must either own something, or have a lot of nerve :p : In any event, it's pretty bad etiquette to announce something like that without at least consulting the Brabhams first...

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Originally Posted by maximilian

I said, IF :D He must either own something, or have a lot of nerve :p : In any event, it's pretty bad etiquette to announce something like that without at least consulting the Brabhams first...

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There is also a "Brabham Racing" in Germany that claims to have rights to the name (and whose announcement in December generated a similar complaint from the family).

It would be nice to know what really happened with the rights of the name when the Middlebridge F1 effort collapsed ...