The guy just won a major GP after being told his front wing was being given to his rival to increase his rival's chances. There is no way he had the thought process to tell an inside joke. He was upset -- and vented his frustration in public. It's pretty simple and obvious.
OP needs to read the FIA rules. A Constructor can be a person that designs the chassis or engine. If the engine and chassis names are different the Chassis name comes 1st. The most important point. The FIA values the chassis owner name over the engine producer name. Pre-Concorde 2009 agreement it was worded ""the constructor of an engine or chassis is the person (including any corporate or unincorporated body) which owns the intellectual rights to such engine or chassis." Again it was engine or chassis. Maybe in the early days it was manufacturers but if you are really a purist you should of stopped watching F1 about the same time they started putting sponsorship stickers all over the cars Image Unavailable, Please Login
Under stress and in a moment of euphoria -- you bet. Webber has known that this season he has been treated like number 2. Again I say that if the tables were turned, Red Bull would have told Webber to move over for Vettel.
Clearly you have no sense of F1 history, even recent history. Car Manufacturers became involved in F1 when Bernie the troll made it absurdly expensive so that real race teams could no longer afford to be active. Names like Gurney's Eagle team, Wolf racing, Matra, Mclaren, when it was run by Bruce Mclaren, Stewart run by the great Jackie Stewart and a whole slew of privateers who raced for glory, not money - all gone and replaced by corporate brand names. A sorry state indeed!
Who are you? OBVIOUSLY not a true F1 fan, because you don't understand the sport. Can you buy a Renault here? Are you going to be able to buy a McLaren? Do you know the evolution of F1 teams? (NO). McLaren did not start out building street cars, but guess what: GO RESEARCH FERRARI! Just because an F1 team is tied to a motorcar NAME means nothing. Renault came from Benetton, which came from Toleman. Williams started out as a March. Today's Lotus has NOTHING to do with Lotus the car company. For someone to think along the lines of your logic is depressing, and shows what little you really know about F1.
So are all of these F1 teams an illuson also? AFM Germany 1952 AFM- Bristol, AFM-BMW AGS France 1986-1991 AGS-Ford Alta Alta Arrows Great Britain 1978-2002 Arrows, Arrows-Cosworth, Arrows-Asiatech Arrows-Supertec, Arrows-Yamaha Arrows-Megatron, Arrows-BMW, Arrows-Ford ATS Germany 1977-1984 ATS-BMW, ATS-Ford, ATS BAR Great Britain 1999-2005 BAR-Honda, BAR-Supertec Behra France 1959-1960 Behra-Porsche-Porsche Benetton Great Britain 1986-2001 Benetton-Playlife, Benetton-Renault Benetton-Ford, Benetton-BMW Brabham Great Britain 1956-1992 Brabham-Judd, Brabham-Yamaha, Brabham-BMW Brabham-Ford, Brabham-Repco Brabham-Climax, Brabham-BRM Brawn GP Great Britain 2009 Brawn GP BRM Great Britain 1951-1977 BRM, BRM-Climax BRP Great Britain 1958-1964 BRP-BRM Coloni Italy 1987-1991 Coloni-Ford Connaught Great Britain 1952-1959 Connaught-Francis Dallara Italy 1988-1992 Dallara-Ferrari, Dallara-Judd, Dallara-Ford Deidt USA 1950-1952 Deidt-Offenhauser Dunn USA 1957-1959 Dunn-Offenhauser Eagle 1966-1969 Eagle-Weslake, Eagle-Climax Emeryson Great Britain 1956-1962 Emeryson-Climax ENB Belgium 1962 ENB-Maserati Ensign Great Britain 1973-1982 Ensign-Ford Epperly USA 1955-1960 Epperly-Offenhauser ERA Great Britain 1952 ERA Euro Brun Italy 1988-1990 Euro Brun-Judd, Euro Brun-Ford Ewing USA 1950-1960 Ewing-Offenhauser Fittipaldi Brazil 1975-1982 Fittipaldi-Ford Fondmetal Italy 1991-1992 Fondmetal-Ford Footwork 1990-1995 Footwork-Hart, Footwork-Ford, Footwork-Mugen-Honda Footwork-Porsche Forti Italy 1995-1996 Forti-Ford Gilby Great Britain 1954-1962 Gilby-Climax Gordini France 1950-1956 Gordini Hesketh Great Britain 1973-1978 Hesketh-Ford HWM Great Britain 1951-1954 HWM-Alta Iso Marlboro 1973 Iso Marlboro-Ford JBW Great Britain 1959-1961 JBW-Maserati Jordan Great Britain 1991-2005 Jordan-Toyota, Jordan-Ford, Jordan-Honda, Jordan-Mugen-Honda, Jordan-Peugeot, Jordan-Hart Kurtis Kraft USA 1950 Kurtis Kraft-Novi, Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser Kuzma USA 1951-1960 Kuzma-Offenhauser Larrousse France 1987-1994 Larrousse-Ford, Larrousse-Lamborghini, LDS South-Africa 1962-1968 LDS- Alfa Romeo Langley USA 1950 Langley-Offenhauser Lesovsky USA 1950-1960 Lesovsky-Offenhauser Leyton House Great Britain 1990-1991 Leyton House-Ilmor, Leyton House-Judd Life Italy 1990 Life Ligier France 1976-1996 Ligier-Mugen-Honda, Ligier-Renault Ligier-Lamborghin, iLigier-Ford, Ligier-Judd Ligier-Megatron, Ligier-Matra Lola Great Britain 1967-1997 Lola-Ferrari, Lola-Lamborghini, Lola-Ford Lola-Hart, Lola-BMW, Lola-Climax March Great Britain 1970-1992 March-Ilmor, March-Judd, March-Ford March-Alfa Romeo Marchese USA 1950-1951 Marchese-Offenhauser Matra France 1966-1972 Matra-Ford, Matra Meskowski USA 1960 Meskowski-Offenhauser MF1 Russia 2006 MF1-Toyota Minardi Italy 1985-2005 Minardi-Cosworth, Minardi-Asiatech Minardi-European, Minardi-Fondmetal, Minardi-Ford, Minardi-Hart, Minardi-Lamborghini Minardi-Ferrari, Minardi-Motori Moderni Moda Italy 1992 Andrea Moda Formula Moore USA 1950-1959 Moore-Offenhauser Nichels USA 1950-1954 Nichels-Offenhauser Olson USA 1950 Olson-Offenhauser Onyx Great Britain 1989-1990 Onyx-Ford Osella Italy 1980-1990 Osella, Osella-Alfa Romeo, Osella-Ford Osca Italy 1951-1959 Osca Pacific Great Britain 1994-1995 Pacific-Ilmor Pankratz USA 1954-1955 Pankratz-Offenhauser Parnelli USA 1974-1976 Parnelli-Ford Penske USA 1974-1976 Penske-Ford Phillips USA 1954-1960 Phillips-Offenhauser Prost France 1997-2001 Prost-Acer, Prost-Peugeot, Prost-Mugen-Honda Rae USA 1950 Rae-Offenhauser RAM Great Britain 1976-1985 RAM-Hart, RAM-Ford Renault France 1977-2007 Renault RBR Great Britain 2005-2006 RBR-Ferrari, RBR-Cosworth Rial Germany 1988-1989 Rial-Ford Sauber Switzerland 1993-2005 Sauber-BMW, Sauber-Petronas, Sauber-Ford Sauber-Mercedes, Sauber Scarab 1960 Scarab Schroeder USA 1951-1955 Schroeder-Offenhauser Scirocco Great Britain 1963-1963 Scirocco-BRM Shadow USA 1973-1980 Shadow-Ford Sherman USA 1951-1952 Sherman-Offenhauser Simca-Gordini 1950-1953 Simca-Gordini-Gordini, Simca-Gordini Simtek Great Britain 1994-1995 Simtek-Ford Spirit Great Britain 1983-1985 Spirit-Hart, Spirit-Honda Stebro Canada 1963 Stebro-Ford Stevens USA 1950-1956 Stevens-Offenhauser Stewart Great Britain 1997-1999 Stewart-Ford STR Italy 2006-2007 STR-Cosworth Super Aguri Japan 2006-2007 Super Aguri-Honda Surtees Great Britain 1970-1978 Surtees-Ford Talbot France 1950 Talbot-Lago-Talbot Theodore Great Britain 1976-1983 Theodore-Ford Token Great Britain 1974 Token-Ford Toleman Great Britain 1981-1985 Toleman-Hart Trevis USA 1951-1960 Trevis-Offenhauser Trojan Great Britain 1974 Trojan-Ford Tyrrell Great Britain 1966-1998 Tyrrell-Yamaha, Tyrrell-llmor, Tyrrell-Honda Tyrrell-Renault, Tyrrell-Ford Vanwall Great Britain 1951-1960 Vanwall Veritas Germany 1951-1953 Veritas, Veritas-BMW Watson USA 1950-1960 Watson-Offenhauser Wetteroth USA 1950 Wetteroth-Offenhauser Williams Great Britain 1969-2007 Williams-Cosworth, Williams-BMW Williams-Supertec, Williams-Mecachrome Williams-Renault, Williams-Judd Williams-Honda, Williams-Ford
A couple of exceptions to the rule prove nothing Seeing them all together gives a good perspective (and brings back some memories) thanks.
