This I find very credible and possibly spot on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dylan H
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This I find very credible and possibly spot on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dylan H
Briatore was the energy and motivator of the team. That was the reason Renault gave him carte blance. And when he was told to win or the team was done he achieved victory - Renault are not blameless in what happened but he was also a convenient scape goat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
If Flavio had directed Toyota, they would still be in the sport.
The last few years are complicated. By the standards we are used to and to his credit, Renault was viewed as unsuccessful.
But the introduction of the control tyres caught Renaul out badly because their whole design was different to that required and they barely caught up and ultimately lost the plot this year.
As you are aware, formula one is an exceptionally difficult sport. Toyota, Honda and BMW found that out.
So without Briatore there really is no reason for the team to exist because he WAS the team. How committed will Renault be to f1? Just the fact that they are discussing that now shows their weakness in their reason for being.
Anecdotally a racing driver makes his own luck on track. It is not at all coincidental that Renault won - it was Briatore that MADE the decisions about who to hire. It was he that guided the team and the energies of the drivers you mention to not one but consecitive titles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Valve Bounce
The FIA were never friendly to Renault and the banning of the front wing was blatant, but Briatore's Renault coped.
Without Flavio there would have been nothing.
The team had success before they had anything to do with Renault and I hope they will have success afterwards too. I can't believe Renault would want to risk the adverse publicity of disbanding what appears to be a perfectly viable team. A Honda-style amicable hand-over to the managment or another buyer is surely more likely. (Toyota's situation was a bit different because they built their team from the ground up, rather than putting their name on an established team.)
I don't know why anybody is actually worried.
F1 is a lot bigger and better than all the car manufacturers and has coped admirably in the past without the likes of Renault and Toyota - and so therefore it can do again. The real bread and butter is the privateer teams who exist only to race - the likes of Williams and McLaren, along with Ferrari who were a F1 team before they made road cars.
Think back to the mid 80's. Renault pulled out. Alfa-Romeo pulled out. Did F1 suffer? No.
An era of F1 changes quickly and we are entering a new one now. In my opinion, it is for the best that prices are lower and privateer teams can come to the fore again - unlike the manufacturers who only race when they are winning and can chuck ridiculous sums of money into the pot with no success.
The problem for Toyota is that nobody really cares about them. Therefore, I won't miss them, and I won't miss Renault either.
Renault are staying in F1 .
Kubica is number one .
They will target 3rd in the championship .
This thread's title has been answered .
No , they will not quit .
Well, you can't know that for certain!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan
I think Renault will be best served in selling off their team, Toleman/Benetton whatever you want to call it, to someone else. But continue in the sport as an engine supplier. As their engines, while not the best on the grid, are fairly decent.
Yes! Brawn GP may remain competitive and Williams may recover!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bezza
We'll have to wait until the end of the year for a decision, according to Ghosn...
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80031
Personally, I smell a sale in the works... :\
Yep...reeks of wanting to get out but not break the Concorde agreement.