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Prodrive possibly McLaren "B"

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  1. jknight

    jknight F1 Veteran

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    Hope this works for him:

    Prodrive boss David Richards is making a bid for his new Formula One team to become a McLaren 'B' operation.

    With the collapse of Direxiv's plans to link up with McLaren, Richards has been talking with McLaren about running customer chassis and Mercedes-Benz engines from 2008.

    Richards has made no secret of the fact that his new F1 team could have a better chance of success becoming a customer team, rather than trying to create everything from scratch.

    Carol
     
  2. GrigioGuy

    GrigioGuy Splenda Daddy
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    Has there been a rule change for 2008 regarding chassis manufacturing?
     
  3. joker57676

    joker57676 Two Time F1 World Champ

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    If there has, then I wouldn't like it. To me the main appeal of F1 is that everyone has to build their own cars from the ground up (minus the engine).

    Mark
     
  4. bretm

    bretm F1 Rookie

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    ^Agreed.

    Plus, what would McLaren do when Prodrive outdid them with their own equipment. I get the impression Ron Dennis would just implode. One second he'd be there, a moment later there'd be a black hole in the garage sucking wrenches and winglets into it.

    My $.02 is that Prodrive is the team to watch in the next couple years. They'll be teething as should be expected, but they plain old make things happen when given a chance.
     
  5. tifosi12

    tifosi12 Four Time F1 World Champ
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    When Sauber got the engine, transmission and suspension from the 2004 Ferrari a lot of people cried wolf. Ron Dennis defended them surprisingly. Now I realize why. He was thinking ahead...


    I remember back in 1980 there was a small B team using the 1979 Williams chassis. Desiree Wilson (yes a woman) was one of the drivers. Apparently back then it was ok to use somebody else's chassis. Well and this year Super Aguri used the last Arrows chassis. So I guess not much has changed. :(
     
  6. kirill

    kirill Formula Junior

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    The rule is "you can only buy a chassy from Ferrari"

    Seriously - rule is something like "team should have enough intellectual power to develop chassy themselves" that doesn't mean that have to develop it, it means they just need to look smart
     
  7. Remy Zero

    Remy Zero Two Time F1 World Champ

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    i can't agree more. BAR was flying high when he was the boss. i can't imagine the look on their faces should Prodrive start outpacing and beating honda on a regular basis.
     
  8. Senna1994

    Senna1994 F1 World Champ

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    Don't forget Hector Rebaque prior to becoming a pay driver at Brahbam, he was buying a year old Lotus for his team.
     

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