Spyker for Sale?

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Originally Posted by Dylan H

I believe this Spyker sale is actually something they're doing to streamline operations at the company by separating the car and the F1 divisions. Like the 'sale' of BAR to Honda I think there's only ever going to be one person who Spyker will want to sell to, and thats going to be someone who already has a major stake in the company.

Spyker might be in financial trouble but I don't think they're ridding themselves of the team just yet.

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I hope you are right. Which means that the owner is basically selling a small part of the company for bragging rights and a chance to get pit passes and access to the teams hospitality "motorhome". However, I am looking at the Dow plummeting, and the chance of anyone in the US putting money into this money shredding machine looks extremely remote.

I have my own suspicions about the team selling off its F1 interrests: if the right money came along from Either the Middle East or Far East, then it will be adios Spyker F1 and Hello Wahid or Chan/Kim/Yamamoto F1 racing team.

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Originally Posted by Placid

I like to see a US company or team to buy Spyker and have US drivers.

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Not without a USGP on the calendar. More likely Paul Stoddart would buy back into F1.

(Just fantasizing, but which US company would buy a team and how would they brand it? I know - HUMMER! They could make the cars huge bulky beasts that nobody would dare run into. Of course they would have to pit for fuel every 2 or 3 laps!

How about US corn producers buying them and running them on ethanol for advertising? They could go back to Jordan yellow with little kernals of corn painted all along the bodies...)

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Originally Posted by wmcot

Not without a USGP on the calendar. More likely Paul Stoddart would buy back into F1.

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I got news for you - our stock market here in Oz just plummeted over 5% today. :(

The chance of Paul Stoddart buying even a pair of second hand Arrows from Super Aguri seems remote right now. :(

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

I got news for you - our stock market here in Oz just plummeted over 5% today. :(

The chance of Paul Stoddart buying even a pair of second hand Arrows from Super Aguri seems remote right now. :(

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Maybe Bernie will buy the team and rent the cars to drivers. You could have different local drivers at each race that way.

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

I got news for you - our stock market here in Oz just plummeted over 5% today. :( (

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You are not alone :(

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Originally Posted by wmcot

Maybe Bernie will buy the team and rent the cars to drivers. You could have different local drivers at each race that way.

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This is a very interesting concept - Bernie could buy this year's Ferrari's and then rent them out next year. I know where there's a complete set of plans for them, and he could get Coughlan and Stepney to run Team Bernie :D

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Spyker boss Colin Kolles has confirmed that his team's future participation in Formula One is not in doubt, despite the problems of their parent road car company. Kolles is adamant that the move will have no negative impact on the team. "Spyker F1 Team Ltd is completely confident that it has the necessary budget to race in the FIA Formula One World Championship this season," said Kolles in a statement issued on Tuesday evening.

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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/61538

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Former team owner Alex Shnaider is confident that the Spyker's team future in Formula One is safe, despite the outfit being up for sale.

"The day-to-day running of the team is up to them, but at the end of the day, there are certain obligations which must be met. Whether or not Spyker is in some turmoil, we expect the deal to be executed as agreed, and we will try to help them along if requested."

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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/61563

What is interesting is that there are (were) a lot of teams bidding to be in the 2008 F1 season. I wonder if one of them will offer to buy them out (if indeed they haven't done so already...) and if they would be affordable to someone who bid for that final spot on the grid??