Comments on: 2010 F1 teams list sees Virgin replace Manor – and no Sauber or Toyota

By: QK

QK — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:55:24 +0000

hmm #22 is still vacant.. can someone, British, please occupy this slot…

By: cody

cody — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:36:38 +0000

10 ford cosworth run engines wooooo

By: PeteA

PeteA — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:28:17 +0000

Bruno always has the number 21 on the Embratel caps he wears.

By: Uncle

Uncle — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:43:45 +0000

In that case, it is cynical marketing!

By: PJA

PJA — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:38:47 +0000

I think Williams are the only team to publically say they are opposed to a 14th team which is why they have received some criticism from some fans, but other teams are supposed to be against the idea also.

The arguments against a 14th team are that some tracks just don’t have the capacity for 14 teams for example garage space, and that financially F1 cannot support 14 teams with not enough sponsors etc.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:53:24 +0000

Virgin has bought the rights to sell sponsor space on the Manor GP car as well as the naming rights. It means Virgin gets a whole lot of publicity and offsets most of the cost through advertising income. Much as Marlboro does with Ferrari.

As such, I doubt Virgin will remain on the Brawn/Mercedes in 2010.

By: Pink Peril

Pink Peril — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:01:38 +0000

I would be disappointed to not see Sauber/BMW on grid in some guise next year. Is there any reason at all why the grid can’t be expanded to 14 teams? Seems to me with the natural attrition that will occur with the new teams over the first couple of teams anyway, building up the numbers now to account for that would make sense to me.

By: Jarred

Jarred — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:33:20 +0000

I think he wanted naming rights, however he hasn’t offically stopped sponsering Brawn/Mercedes so Virgin may well sponser two teams

By: Jarred

Jarred — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:30:15 +0000

It’s because BMW didn’t sign the concorde agreement which meant they have no obligation to race in F1 in 2010. However Toyota did sign the concorde agreement,thus they do have an obligation to race, it’s basically a contract, you break the contract, you get fined. It’s basic legal process. So thats why BMW don’t have to pay a fine and Toyota probably will.

By: Richard Evans

Richard Evans — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:22:02 +0000

Number 1, Schuey won 5 of his with no.1 on the front 1 for alonso 1 for hakkinen and that just the last 10-12 years ish

By: Richard Evans

Richard Evans — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:21:36 +0000

Number 1 Schuey won 5 of his with no.1 on the front 1 for alonso 1 for hakkinen and that just the last 10-12 years ish

By: Prisoner Monkeys

Prisoner Monkeys — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:44:56 +0000

No, don’t expand it to Q4! Under the current rules, we’ll see eight drivers eliminated in Q1, and eight in Q2. It’s going to be much harder to get to Q3, and I’m willing to bet we’ll see some desperate driving as driers try and get out of the drop-zone, which has the potential to produce some interesting grids, and therefore interesting races. If you expand it to Q4, the presure is off.

By: Arrows 98

Arrows 98 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:15:15 +0000

actually, Bruno is sponsored by Embratel, a brazilian telephone company which code number is 21, so I think it has to do with that.

oh, and that also kind of ruins the whole “he got the lowest number because he will be number 2″ theory… sorry, Keith! no hard feelings? =)

By: Chaz

Chaz — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:06:29 +0000

I’d really like to know Sir Richards reason for not staying with Brawn, er oops, Mercedes Grand Prix? Could it have been they were wanting to much money or perhaps Mercedes have other ideas…

By: Jim N

Jim N — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:18:04 +0000

Well, they are owned by Lotus, and partly run from old Lotus premises… so the name does seem rather appropriate…. anyway for me Lotus was never Lotus after Chapman died.

Interestingly I don’t think Lotus ever ran in F1 as just “Lotus”, that as a trade mark was only used for road cars. They were either “Team Lotus” or “Team Lotus – Ford” etc or ran under the sponsors name such as “John Player Specials”…… even racing the road cars they were “Lotus Racing”….. so strictly speaking “Lotus-Cosworth” is a new name in F1….. oh what it is to be pedantic!!!

By: Cassio Melo

Cassio Melo — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:43:16 +0000

Embratel is his personal sponsor and obviously has influenced him to get the number 21

By: Its Hammer time

Its Hammer time — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:14:30 +0000

Its cynical marketing until Ant Davidson parks that Malaysian beauty on pole in Bahrain. Then it will be straight on the phone from Norfolk Louts owners club to get some publicity with the elise owners club. I pray that this happens. Go Ant!

By: Robert McKay

Robert McKay — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:01:33 +0000

It’s exciting to see this many teams on the list, with all the new drivers that can benefit from these extra seats.

I’m still of the belief though that they should put a Q4 into qualifying – especially if they have a 14th team.

By: GeeMac

GeeMac — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:29:56 +0000

On the number topic, what number car has won the most WDC’s? The number 5 has to be in with a shout. I seem to remember that Nigel Mansell (92), Michael Schumacher (94), Damon Hill (96) and Fernando Alonso (2005) all used 5 to win the WDC.

By: John H

John H — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:28:53 +0000

21 is my favourite number.

Good on you Bruno $:)