The future of Scuderia Toro Rosso

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Well, how good are they [Force India] going to be at producing an effective and reliable KERS unit. Are Ferrari going to be happy letting them use theirs?

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Ferrari will beat them eventually, considering their financial might, but I wouldn't be surprised if Force India's KERS unit turns out to be one of the better ones next year.

They have talented engineerins over there, and it's a new device and they have to all work from scratch. Anything is possible.

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

you really think they would be only 2 to 3 seconds off the pace of Ferrari next year?

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Valve, they will be less than 2 seconds off the pace of Ferrari next year, at the beginning of the season.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Why not?

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Care to bet your sig on this? It will be a long term sig though, not a couple of weeks.

Why aren't customer cars allowed?

Seems like F1 needs a solution to bring more cars on the grid.
Sad that all these engineers and personnel will have to turn towards other places.

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Originally Posted by gloomyDAY

Why aren't customer cars allowed?

Seems like F1 needs a solution to bring more cars on the grid.
Sad that all these engineers and personnel will have to turn towards other places.

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I think we've had endless discussions about this for quite awhile. Don't know where to point you towards, but we'd be rehashing old stuff if we started that all over again.

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns20358.html

A possible solution?

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Originally Posted by jens

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns20358.html

A possible solution?

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Interesting. However it should be noted that STR still use Minardi's base at Faenza, so the chassis production would be hindered by the lack of resources there... probably deterring new buyers.

Although, a Martini Lancia livery on the grid would be nice nonetheless. :D

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Originally Posted by Tazio

I tend to agree with Ioan on this one! Force India apears to be able to stand on it's own two feet. Financially they have the resources to keep them in engines. And a commitment to be their own costructor. They deserve the benefit of the doubt. Their in this deep. It's sink or swim. I think they will swim!

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I agree as well. The backing behind the team seems long-term in nature and genuinely committed. We'll need to wait and see as to whether this is actually the case, of course, but I don't consider Force India to be the sort of habitual backmarkers that Minardi ended up as. Most of the time, maybe, but not all the time and not by that much.

I think the answer is to ban all winglets, barge boards etc. Only a body, front wing, back wing. Then you would eliminate the need for very complex wind tunnels.
These cars nowdays are starting to look like a 59 chevy at a Mr. T convention.

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Originally Posted by fousto

I think the answer is to ban all winglets, barge boards etc. Only a body, front wing, back wing. Then you would eliminate the need for very complex wind tunnels.
These cars nowdays are starting to look like a 59 chevy at a Mr. T convention.

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:laugh:

I agree. Some may see F1 as primarily a technological exercise, but I think that now has to take a bit of a back seat. It certainly isn't the technological aspect from which I derive my enjoyment of the sport.