Peter Sauber's frustrations abour 2010....

no need to fret...one of those new 'teams' will not be there, cough PW's team cough..

but still, an established team shouldn't have to sit around wondering...and to have Williams block their entry...hmm...do some of these dudes just not like each other?

 

Nothing personal, just business... and desperation. But I´m afraid that Frank Williams´ bad karma will bite him in the a** sooner or later.

 

An unfortunate (and I assume unintentional) reference considering Sir Frank's accident.

 

Todt and Peter are best friends from back when both were running Ferrari powered teams.

I'm sure Jean will make it a priority to separate the wannabees from the real ones when it comes to the new 3 teams.

So far only Lotus has a car. Of the other two allegedly one doesn't even have an engine.

 

It really is a travesty that a historically significant team like BMW/Sauber will potentially be left out in the cold in favor of a half-assed startup. And all because Max played a game of brinkmanship with them.

It would be asinine for F1 to deny an established team a slot on the grid, especially during these economic times.

I think the FIA is trying to keep Sauber/BMW around as a safety in case one of the other 3 don't make it. That is supreme arrogance and displays an utter lack of any knowledge about how a business has to work.

 

I hope you are right.

 

Don't worry Pete...USF1 won't be there

Anyways, i find it appalling that Sauber was overlooked, while the new Malaysian team was immediately granted a slot. Sauber has been a around since the early 90s, i think they should deserve more respect from the FIA.

 

That's fine as long as it's something he'd do for any team and not just one associated with his old best friend. We don't want to see Mr Todt applying any sort of favouritism.

 

Why? They've never ever been here nor there, nor will they ever be here nor there. So, why exactly do they deserve respect? No wins, no poles and no fastest laps in 12 years of racing not including the BMW years which sucked far less in far less time, but still sucked, and loudly overall.

So why should they be respected? Showing up for ten billion years and having near as makes no difference, nothing to show for all that effort?

Max gave them the respect they earned, and not one iota more than they deserve.

 

Oh, sh*t!!

Unintentional but quite unfortunate, as you said.

 

When Frank talks, you can see Max's lips moving.

BMW Sauber -- FOTA member.
Williams -- in hock to FIA.
Connect the dits.

F1: the second grade schoolyard.

 

The problem I have with Williams is that if their attitude was prevalent back in the seventies, their own team would more likely than not have never got to enter F1.

I can only suspect that they feel that new teams would be less of a threat to them than Sauber with Ferrari engines.

It's interesting to see Ferrari themselves saying that it's fair enough to reject a brand new team with no guarantees of being viable or competetive from entering as a 14th team but as Sauber are already well established, there should be no problem with it.

Personally, I agree with Ferrari, I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Sauber (possibly because I see them as a bit like a Ferrari B team, especially after their c23 resembled the F2003-GA and Ferrari made no complaints), and have earned the right to be there after all these years.