Finally, I would pay for Sarah Palin's one way ticket into space on Virgin Galatic. Making sure she could see Russia during the trip.-----RP RP you are my new hero! I didn't expect to so such profound wisdom on this thread. Anyway back on topic. I would buy 3 American sports franchises. (it does say multi-billion) An MLB, NBA and NFL team. Hire really great talent to run them. I also think that when the USGP returns that it waould be amazing to start up a Cadillac F1 team. I know GM wouldn't at this point have money to put in but I'm sure they would loan the wreath and crest for a well funded effort. GM has a couple of factories in Detroit that are shuttled so their contribution couple be floor space. They own foundries so finding a casting place for engines wouldn't be very hard. The cars would be laser red (kind of similar to candy apple) and metallic black with a huge wreath and crest on them. (Torro Rosso style). haha maybe that's why the big man upstairs wants me to work for a living?
Massa was seriously injured in his Ferrari by Brawn GP's spring, should Ferrari have forfeited all their points collected so far? I'd go with... Formula Zero Rules: 1. There is a box 17 feet long, 6 feel wide, and 3 feet tall. The open cockpit car must fit in the box with its driver seated behind the wheel in racing position with all his safety gear. 2. Safety systems and structures similar to F1: crumple zones, helmets, HANS, firesuits, etc... 3. Tire changes, refueling, strategies, etc... all permitted. 4. T-cars allowed for when primary cars are damaged beyond reasonable repair in free practice or qualifying. 5. Maximum season budget for running costs and development: $250 million, including all driver and team salaries. 6. Propulsion is to be driven through the wheels - there must be at least four. 7. In the event of any disputes between teams, Xena (Warrior Princess) will be judge, jury, and disciplinarian. Yep, that ought to do it. All the best, Andrew. Image Unavailable, Please Login
That's not a bad idea for the F1 part of my idea. Buy American sports and be a hands off F1 playboy. Hell if Flavio can pull the kind of tail he does than I would be an epic playboy. Maybe buy Playboy Enterprises just to put a bunny on the Ferrari. (that mould cost less than my own team) Yea that would work. "Im the king of the world!"
I knew that!..... Exactly my point... [Desperately trying to dig out of hole ] While it's kind of fun to debate a "Formula Zero", we're already seeing the addition of further rules and potential problems with implementing even these. For all the B&Ming we do, I still love it for what it is - A well defined formula with many true constructors. Do I want testing? Of course. Are some things "broken" - Yes. But it remains the pinnacle of the sport, and I'll follow it until that changes. Even if it is "boring"! 4 winners in 6 races ain't too bad Cheers, Ian
Formula Zero would never work... I love F1 as well, it needs serious work still but hopefully next year it'll be better, with different wings (??) and simple diffusers. One thing with FZ is that you can't run on any F1 tracks. Something the track owners have to sign prior to running F1 there.
Something else... I'd buy a pretty large island with one airplane runway. Then I'd do something crazy like buy Sukhoi Su-27 Flankers for fun (and the rare commute off the island) and build some type of spacecraft to go into orbit, lol. MAYBE I would buy a regular private jet to commute friends outside the island, but I would not do much outside the island...not even a yacht. Need to be secluded. No sense in owning a car...no cell phone...no internet...nothing. Just regular shipments of military grade airplane fuel and food. Okay...MAYBE I would get a boat...three of them. All would be old-school frigates with live canons and pirates so I can have them circling the island full time as security.
I'd want a private race track like the Ascari track in Spain, and buy a some of race cars new and old. Other than that I'd do nothing, live off the interest and every now and then give money to charity.
As long as it made financial sense and didn't become a gigantic money pit, I would love to own at least part of an F1 team. Although it would be rather tiring having to deal with Bernie.
1 Why limit the F0 to open wheel cars? 2 This is what rule C addresses 3 I would like to see car developed to a degree that if you have to pit for tires or fuel, you cannot possibly win/catch-up. 4 unnecessary--its legal to run a different car, different engine every time one takes to the track. 5 unnecessary 6 Propulsion rule: why? 4 wheels: also why? The purpose of rule A is if it fits in the box you can run it. The whole purpose is to encourage out of the box thinking. Also note: no minimum weights, no maximum displacement, no limitations on aerodynamics, no limit on the kind of fuel used (other than it must be chemical based), the vehicle does not even have to be on the road surface, it just has to be within the track boundary for the duration of the race. As to the other question on G-suits: that is what rule C was for...
Neither Massa nor Ferrari were at fault, so the Williams team would be docked the points for not having all the parts stay on their car.
I'd rather watch F1 then get involved... So with my billions I would put Ferrari into sportscar/gt racing at three levels 1. Build a LMP1 Coupe powered by a Ferrari V12, race two each in LMS and ALMS and three at Le Mans with my own team, no effort or expense spared, put Ferrari back into prototypes again with the blessing of the factory or otherwise. 2. Turn the 599 into a GT1 racer for World GT1 Championship. Race two with 'works' team and sell them to customers/collectors. 3. Enter a pair of 430/458 GT2/3 (whichever car suits us best-I'm thinking of the future here) in the VLN with the same effort as the two others. The 24hr would be the main aim though. Yeah and I'd have my own island etc etc.
From the choices given I selected resort. Been thinking I'd really like to open up a bed & breakfast in the future. I love to entertain with art, music, food, & words. It'd be fun to play hostess every day. I'd have a nice collection of cars in hangar or two on the property eventually.
I didn't limit it to open wheel cars, I limited it to open cockpit cars. As I pointed out, your Rule C would have seen Ferrari penalized for the BrawnGP car causing Felipe's injury in 2009. Indeed, someone might develop such a car to win without pit stops, but the way to do it is when a team sees a definite advantage in doing it rather than banning pit stops. As to the propulsion rule, we don't want people running bikes - they're dull. As to staying within the track boundaries, you might as well allow people with aircraft to take part... they should have no trouble overtaking! You can have more than four wheels if you want, but you must have at least four to make it a car. Also, you don't want to allow (for example) jet propulsion or overtaking will be impossible with cars having to fight the jet wash of the car in front. All the best, Andrew.
Probably go for the other professional sports option, maybe a few shares in Manchester United. Also buy a stable of thoroughbred race horses and run them in the big races aka Dubai World Cup, Kentucky Derby, Grand National etc.
A part falls off the BrawnGP car of Rubens Barrichello and injures Felipe Massa in a Ferrari... so you then dock points away from the Williams team? Poor Sir Frank! All the best, Andrew.
