Comments on: Super Aguri barred from Istanbul track – are Honda killing their B-team?

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:56:32 +0000

Thanks for the tip Sush: Super Aguri leave Formula 1

By: Journeyer

Journeyer — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:42:02 +0000

Well, Rabi, I think Honda are beyond caring about their negative publicity now. They seem to be more concerned with the money…

What a sad day for F1. Back to 20 cars in a year we were hoping for 24.

By: Sush

Sush — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:23:18 +0000

this just in http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/5/7730.html

over to Keith with the sports.

sad day indeed.

By: Rabi

Rabi — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:18:11 +0000

Exactly what Honda should realise is the complete negative publicity against their team at the moment even if they aren’t responsible to the average fan they are responsible.

By: GeorgeK

GeorgeK — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:49:29 +0000

If your looking to blame someone in the Honda F1 camp for pulling the funding out from SA look no further than Ross Brawn, he’d want every available dollar to go to his team, there are large expectations on his back.

Reportedly it only cost Honda 200K to fund SA at Barcelona; chump change IMHO. Sure, Turkey will cost a bit more due to extended travel, but how much more?

Not enough to shut the team down. To extract the best deal they can from Weigl, and to have him expose his true financial backers Honda have to APPEAR willing to kill off the team.

Hardball negotiating at the last minute. SA will race this Sunday.

By: Toby

Toby — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:31:39 +0000

p.s. Sorry about the s and the t Keith.

By: Toby

Toby — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:30:47 +0000

Weren’t Sauber a Ferrari B-Team? Monza ’03 springs to mind….

By: the limit

the limit — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:28:37 +0000

It is down to situations like this that I don’t like teams ‘cloning’ themselves out like this. It is a simular situation with Red Bull and Toro Rosso. I also don’t like the fact that teams can be allowed to sell other teams their engines, Toyota and Ferrari spring to mind, as I feel this lessens the competition factor.
If Toyota supply Williams with engines, then in essence, Williams is just a Toyota B team, ripe for blackmailing if Williams beat them on track as Super Aguri did Honda.
This is getting beyond a joke. To think of all the great teams we once had, teams with personalty and vision, teams like Ligier, Jordan, Brabham, Sauber.
Now all with have is faceless corporations, men in suits, who are only interested in selling people new Accords and Civics and know bugger all about motor racing. Time to take another Prozac I think!

By: Rabi

Rabi — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:13:59 +0000

if I’m not mistaken don’t teams have to pay an entry fee for every race? That fee I think also includes the hiring of the paddocks etc as well. I could be wrong but I think that’s the case.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:20:58 +0000

But what business has FOM got with a team’s finances? If a team can show up at a Granprix venue why should they not be allowed to compete?