Guest Invicta_Toon Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 BBC Ford may sell Aston to Prodrive, who run the Aston sports team. Prodrive are planning to enter F1 next year. I might go and spruce up my CV :iroc: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 new F1 teams are constantly shit nowadays, no doubt they'll just join the back markers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Invicta_Toon Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 new F1 teams are constantly shit nowadays, no doubt they'll just join the back markers. you do know what ProDrive's day job is? The clue's in the name Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 new F1 teams are constantly shit nowadays, no doubt they'll just join the back markers. you do know what ProDrive's day job is? The clue's in the name Google Sez: Design, build and run motorsport and vehicle technology programmes for vehicle manufacturers. Point? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Redcar Mag Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 I reckon Prodrive would be a lot more capable that most of the F1 teams who make up the numbers. The Aston Martin branding could make getting an engine deal awkward mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ticaL Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 new F1 teams are constantly shit nowadays, no doubt they'll just join the back markers. Red Bull didn't do bad for a first season. Throwing money at a query works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Redcar Mag Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 new F1 teams are constantly shit nowadays, no doubt they'll just join the back markers. Red Bull didn't do bad for a first season. Throwing money at a query works. Not strictly a new team though. They bought out Jaguar which in itself was a rebranded Stewart team. And Toro Rosso is the old Minardi team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ticaL Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 new F1 teams are constantly shit nowadays, no doubt they'll just join the back markers. Red Bull didn't do bad for a first season. Throwing money at a query works. Not strictly a new team though. They bought out Jaguar which in itself was a rebranded Stewart team. And Toro Rosso is the old Minardi team. Suppose your right. Still, without the buyout of Jaguar, the money RB put into it would surely produce effectively the same results. Perhaps the only real difference being a harder time negotiating new staff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearer9 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Speaking of throwing money at the problem, look at Toyota. I remember the rumors going around 2 years ago were that Toyota was spending as much as Ferrari but were still shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Invicta_Toon Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Aston Martin Motor Company yours for £500m apparently Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicago_shearer Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 This is shit news for me. My girlfriend's father used to work for Ford and could've gotten me a good deal on an Aston Martin with his employee discount. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Speaking of throwing money at the problem, look at Toyota. I remember the rumors going around 2 years ago were that Toyota was spending as much as Ferrari but were still shite. Toyota are still the biggest spending team of the lot. Which made their shitness last year fairly hilarious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Redcar Mag Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Aston Martin Motor Company yours for £500m apparently It makes no sense to me. AM is one of the only parts of Ford's empire currently turning in a profit and Aston need Ford's r&d money and facilities so no one gains from a split. Why have Ford spent so much giving Aston Martin a good range of products only for someone else to reap the benefits? Someone else who won't have the clout to improve the current and develop the new models. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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