Formula 1 needs to enlist more great marques to the sport! Porsche Lamborghini Ford AUDI BMW TOYOTA TATA ROLLS ROYCE
The problem is that Mad Max chased the real manufacturers: Honda, Toyota, Jaguar, BMW, etc., out, in favor of tiny little teams that FOM could push around in ways that manufacturers wouldn't take. Then they had to impose "cost cutting" measures -- like "no testing", and limited engines -- to keep those tiny teams in the game. ("No testing" also means that you don't give your "reserve drivers" any real seat time.) Then they had the bright idea to "go green" with hybrids which are clearly not consistent and predictable enough for performance driving --- --- and that blew the "economical" series out the door. So the tiny teams are going broke, or taking on five "pay drivers" with only two seats. Anyone else now wishing the "breakaway series" had gone ahead, with real constructors taking over from FOM?
Although Tata has no car in the race, "Jaguar" is heavily advertised at the events and sponsors much of the pre-shows and post-shows.
Ferrari is, apparently, the "second most recognized brand in the world" (behind Coke). I'd be willing to bet that the *vast* majority have no idea they're in any way related to FCG. Cheers, Ian
Awesome logic, here's some more William owns a pet cat William = a cat Muammar Gaddafi owns McLaren shares McLaren = brutal dictator (well, actually this may be true)
Yes, mclaren will fight back for sure. Not only honda could start with a clean sheet design but they also have more in season development tokens than mercedes. This I find unfair. There should be no tokens for honda.
There should be no tokens period because there should be no engine freeze. Fans pizz and moan about Mercedes domination and then try to hobble the best opportunity to end it. Makes no sense. But what does in today's F1?
I only pointed out to you, that Ferrari is not just a small team like Manor, Williams, Lotus Caterham and so on. Ferrari, as part of the FIAT-Chrysler group, is on equal footing with Mercedes, Renault, Honda, etc... Since FIAT, Alfa, or Maserati, don't have racing department anymore, Ferrari is now the only racing arm of a huge car manufacturing consortium, and benefits from its financial backing.
Soon to be in the past tense. In fact very soon Ferrari will be constrained by the debt that Fiat is putting on them.
But think about the potential... How many new fans would be generated each time the commentator says: "we have yet to see any action form the two Tatas." Or..."the two Tatas should be out on track any moment now." A partnership with Penthouse or Playboy would be a natural.
Subaru has a mountain more racing pedegree than Tata. They cannot be in the same sentence IMO. Tata has actually no racing pedegree whatsoever, does it?
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Yep, the one and only. I remember practice Thusrday and pre-quali during the Mexican GP in '90 and the noise was glorious. It's a shame that the engine was on the heavy side, and could not offset (enough) the advantages of its low centre of gravity.
