Well, we will see. They may sell the factory team and remain as engine suppliers.Quote:
Originally Posted by veeten
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Well, we will see. They may sell the factory team and remain as engine suppliers.Quote:
Originally Posted by veeten
i will sit on the fence on whether renault will quit or not, i have no idea on that.
but i do believe renault MUST stay in F1. they are a great part of the sport, despite the farce of singapore 08. Honda and Toyota-they quit because they had never been champions and they weren;t doing good enough. BMW were rising to the forefront before a tough year this year was used as an excuse to quit. quite frankly that one was stupid but the other 2 were understandable.
Renault are great in Formula 1, with the best engines in the mid 90s, and then double world champions in 05 and 06. DOUBLE WORLD CHAMPIONS. renault have the know how and pedigree to win, they've proved that, and IMO, quitting F1 would be pointless.
IF Renault is out four engines is not enough for 12 teams.
Yes it is..simple maths that's 3 per supplier and next season they're allowed to supply 4 each. I doubt Renault will pull out entirely but as a fully fledged team I think it could be over for them - no sign of sponsors aside from Total. Maybe engine supply is the best way forward using the Mercedes model to part own a team?
Renault as an engine supplier is not a bad way to go, just look at Mercedes.
Partners with one team, supplying two others, and at times all three teams were representied at the front of the grid. Not bad.
If Ghosn decides on this, then I have no problems. :)
I read Ghosn's statement as meaning -Quote:
Originally Posted by F1boat
"If we don't get any sponsors who will pay for the team in the next few weeks, au revoir, because we are not willing to pay all ourselves"
I hope they donīt quit, but Mr. Goshn is quite fond on sacking people. In fact, he resurrected Nissan by booting A LOT of people, and now heīs trying to do the same with Renault. So if the F1 team is not successful or profitable, bye bye F1 and heīll never think about it again because thereīs a bigger fish to fry (AKA money).
Anyway, Renault has had a more than miserable year, Alonso has left the team and they have no sponsors... Things do not look good for them, but on the other hand they have signed Kubica, and theyīre going to supply Red Bull with engines, and that should make them stay where they are.
Anyway, being a manufacturer team has its "particular features", notably that one of a corporation directing the team for some thousands kilometres away from the track (and from the real world) and a nice profit agenda to meet, and it could be time for the corporation to take command over Renault, who until now has been more a "normal team" than a enterprise.
question; do you think renault would fully design next years car and then sell the team to an outsider, with the 2010 cars and engines being supplied, sort of a la honda-brawn?
if renault do decide to quit, i hope they do that.
Good luck to him, the French will have his head on plate if he dares to say something about sacking a lot of people.Quote:
Originally Posted by K-Pu
Anyway Renault as an automotive manufacturer isn't in such a bad shape compared to 90% of their counterparts.
Enter Nelson Sr. Now, Jr will get to drive next year. :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by tamburello