Comments on: Super Aguri in, McLaren promoted

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:50:58 +0000

I think he meant Michael Andretti (not his granddad!)

By: Number 38

Number 38 — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:22:28 +0000

clipped from openwheelfan: " But with the failure of his father (Mario Andretti) in F1 I am not so sure he will make the leap. "FAILURE" of Mario Andretti???????????????
Care to explain that? This should make good reading.

By: George

George — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:26:50 +0000

Nico, I understand your points totally and I also agree on Bernie always stepping up for his self interest. I just don’t know how he can circumvent the rules and on his own and move McLaren to whatever location he desires.

Based on the hosing Ron and McLaren received last year I’m glad somebody is acting somewhat rationally, even if it’s Bernie’s pocket that’s doing the rationalizing.

By: openwheelfan

openwheelfan — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:26:27 +0000

Nico,
Our last great hope was Scott Speed. I am hoping that the reason Bobby Rahal had his son in Champ Car and not the IRL was to get him the experiece on road courses. Graham Rahal, I hope, will be ready if they get a chance next year. The only other American would be the next Andretti, Marco, Micheals son and Mario’s grandson. The problem here I see is he has been in the IRL for a couple of years and races ovals. This year he will race on street circuts. But with the failure of his father in F1 I am not so sure he will make the leap.

By: Nico

Nico — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:32:13 +0000

George – I think Bernie only favors what’s gonna get him paid. The reason why we saw him fawn over Ferrari so much was because they’re the most recognizable name in F1 [discounting honda and toyota because... well... they're awful], and they had the most fans (and, therefore, the most sponsorship money) to bring to the sport. You mentioned Flavio – well he was working with Fernando Alonso, who was bringing a massive Spanish audience to the sport. Now, Lewis Hamilton is expanding the British F1 fan base, so Bernie wants to take it easy on him so as not to drive away his supporters (and his supporters’ money). I’m sure if there were a great American driver that was bringing legions of fans to GPs, giving Bernie the opportunity to snag one of the largest audiences in the world, than Bernie would pull strings to try and make things go in his favor, too.

By: George

George — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:02:49 +0000

The favored position in the garage area is due to the size of Mac’s mobile castle; no room for it at the end of the row. If you cheat and get caught it won’t hurt as long as your hospitality train is too large to fit anywhere else.

They should have made McLaren fit into whatever space is available. And everyone thinks Bernie only favors Ferrari or Flavio!

By: Ollie

Ollie — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:14:58 +0000

@milos: I think it was because it is now official. Previously, it was just rumour, but now the teams are setting everything up, it is clear what has happened. That’s my take on the McLaren-garage story, anyway.

Yay for Super Aguri!

By: milos

milos — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:09:54 +0000

the fact that McLaren are between Williams and Red Bull is quite old news already. I was wondering why Autosport made it sound today like something new. There were several debats all over F1 blogs on this topic weeks ago …

By: Alex Andronov

Alex Andronov — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:34:27 +0000

I think that Bernie might not have wanted the great and the good to have to walk so far to meet Lewis Hamilton.