- 31 Oct 07, 14:18#21823
deMuRe wrote:Im not saying McLaren isnt owned by a big manufacturer, you brought up that Ferrari have lasted a long time if it were not for FIAT buying out Ferrari they would have vanished a long time ago! Like i said, "way back when"bud wrote:I'll take my hat off to Williams, they are still a private team.deMuRe wrote:Not that hard when FIAT buys out the majority shares way back when all other F1 teams notably in Britain were still all privately owned entrys.darwin_dali wrote:Good job Mikep99. I've never looked at the WCC in this way.Ferrari have been able to keep it alive in F1 longer then anyone else, which is a hard thing to do. Teams come and go but Ferrari have stood the test of time.
You can hardly call McLaren a private team these days. I'm sure once Ron steps down they will be owned my Merc.

