Caterham F1 staff locked out of Oxfordshire site

[steveaki13]

You might as well get Mercedes to design every car then. All have the same car and then the season will be really competitive

I would go for 26 cars from 13 teams any day over 26 cars from a few teams. Just a personal opinion

[Malbec]

Now whats happened to make Marussia miss the rest of this season? I didn't realise they were in such a bad situation. Obviously Bianchi's crash has not helped, but they shouldn't be withdrawing from F1.

Their 2 points from Monaco look likely to go to waste.

If Marussia goes down it because it isn't turning up to races the owner will truly be one of the biggest idiots around. If they hang on till the end of this year they will receive a massive boost to their income thanks to the 2 points at Monaco. He will be forfeiting that by not forking out the costs for one or two races and making the team worthless.... The mind boggles really if the guy can't do his calculations and can't be bothered to dig deeper to keep the team going for just three more races.

[steveaki13]

Absolutely. To withdraw now seems crazy. Surley someone could keep them going. Even if it was still one car for the last 3 races

[DazzlaF1]

I dont think the "elite" teams care too much really, remember Ferrari and their long desire to run three cars, they can only do that with less teams on the grid

[steveaki13]

I know the top teams wont care, but F1 fans will care and it is a better place with a full grid with many teams IMO.

[Hawkmoon]

F1 has made many changes recently designed to make F1 more viable yet nothing has changed. All these long-life parts and the restriction on testing have apparently done nothing to help small teams stay in the sport. HRT, Caterham and probably Marussia are all finished it would seem. Sauber are questionable and I don't think Force India are as secure as they need to be. Ol' Vijay is going to run out of money at some point. I don't think Torro Rosso would survive without Red Bull money.

[Rollo]

If I was grand high poo-bah and in charge of F1, I'd seriously be suggesting to companies like Hyundai, Mahindra, Great Wall or SAIC that they should buy the teams.

The fact that F1 Management engages so badly with Asian countries is scandalous. If Bernie is supposedly in charge, then why isn't he in charge?

[Tazio]

Caterham F1 staff locked out of Oxfordshire site

[pob]

Bianchi's points in Monaco really should be enough to save Marussia, but they've been living week to week since their title sponsor went bust in April. The writing was on the wall for them since the weird incident in Belgium where Chilton was dropped then later reinstated: Daddy Chilton owns half the team, so it was a sign of serious money issues.

A couple of points won't make much difference to Sauber, only a miracle from Caterham in Abu Dhabi would drop Sauber out of the top 10, so their Category 1 prize money for next year is fairly safe.

Caterham is just a mess and have little of hope of survival, but maybe some of the i.p. will magically turn up with Kolles at Forza Rossa in 2016.

[Bagwan]

If Marussia goes down it because it isn't turning up to races the owner will truly be one of the biggest idiots around. If they hang on till the end of this year they will receive a massive boost to their income thanks to the 2 points at Monaco. He will be forfeiting that by not forking out the costs for one or two races and making the team worthless.... The mind boggles really if the guy can't do his calculations and can't be bothered to dig deeper to keep the team going for just three more races.

I believe Joe Saward wrote that they can miss three races and still be classified .
With no Caterham on the grid , so no chance of being beaten , it would seem a bit idiotic to go off to Texas and blow a bunch of money , wouldn't it ?