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Jabberwocky wrote:But Honda at the time had the same sort of respect as Toyota do now. Brawn however is a Multi Championship winning team.Sure, but Merc has their own skilled people and all - plus Ross was already there and he commands enough respect to boot.
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headless wrote:Wonder how much change Ross will feel now his name isn't above teh door.I reckon not too much. Merc expressively wanted him to stay in charge or no deal.
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. darwin_dali wrote:Would of been a big risk tho, and Honda wouldn't of helped by giving 100 mil they did to Ross. If merc did buy the team i expect they would of just taken the BGP001 sacked Hekki and Rubens and re badged it the MP4-24.Jabberwocky wrote:Ross the Boss bought Honda for £1 and then sold it 3/4 of it 10 months later for rumoured £30 million. I am sure your bank manager might help you out with a business plan like that.If you think in those terms, how stupid was it for Mercedes to wait a year and see the price go up rather than buying the Honda team for a buck when it was on sale?
Gaz wrote:Assuming McLaren would have allowed the deal to go through, which seems unlikely.darwin_dali wrote:Would of been a big risk tho, and Honda wouldn't of helped by giving 100 mil they did to Ross. If merc did buy the team i expect they would of just taken the BGP001 sacked Hekki and Rubens and re badged it the MP4-24.Jabberwocky wrote:Ross the Boss bought Honda for £1 and then sold it 3/4 of it 10 months later for rumoured £30 million. I am sure your bank manager might help you out with a business plan like that.If you think in those terms, how stupid was it for Mercedes to wait a year and see the price go up rather than buying the Honda team for a buck when it was on sale?
Or made a 'b' team with Hekki and Rubens.
Gaz wrote:I think Mercedes are only buying this team because McLaren wouldn't let them buy further into the F1 team, if you get me.darwin_dali wrote:Would of been a big risk tho, and Honda wouldn't of helped by giving 100 mil they did to Ross. If merc did buy the team i expect they would of just taken the BGP001 sacked Hekki and Rubens and re badged it the MP4-24.Jabberwocky wrote:Ross the Boss bought Honda for £1 and then sold it 3/4 of it 10 months later for rumoured £30 million. I am sure your bank manager might help you out with a business plan like that.If you think in those terms, how stupid was it for Mercedes to wait a year and see the price go up rather than buying the Honda team for a buck when it was on sale?
Or made a 'b' team with Hekki and Rubens.
7UpJordan wrote:Hopefully this will now mean the FIA can allow Sauber a place on the grid now Quackback are out of the picture.I'd be completely astonished if they didn't, given the Renault situation. Any bets on potential drivers then people? Heidfeld is the obvious candidate, but there's not really much choice for a second driver... Kobayashi? That would be pretty good actually!
Hansy wrote:yay!!!!Jeez, wouldn't that be epic. Twice in a row, don't call it a coincidenceSauber WORLD CHAMPION 2010
myownalias wrote:That's great news, although Sauber never had a great deal of success, I admire the man for what he did for F1 and it'll be great to have him back!I think he's a respectable team boss, nice and honest unlike some others. I admire Ross for his genius and all, but I have a soft spot for Peter.
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