USA F1 team backed by Honda?

Originally posted by Perigee
Spend all that money, and then put Sato in the car?

Nice guy. Funny guy. Quick guy - sometimes.

He's a known quantity, and what is known is that there are better, more consistent, higher-achieving drivers available. If the Japanese fans al need to support a Japanese driver, there's already one available in a Williams.

Originally posted by paranoik0


I guess Sato would be there due to the Honda connection.

Seems a bit of an odd rumour. Why let the Japanese Honda team (Super Aguri) die and then replace it with an American one?

Originally posted by F1Fanatic.co.uk
Seems a bit of an odd rumour. Why let the Japanese Honda team (Super Aguri) die and then replace it with an American one?

Originally posted by The Big Guns


I thought the same thing, why not just buy up the Aguri operation when they had the chance?

Originally posted by Ross Stonefeld
Honda has the IRL and Acura the ALMS. Why would they sponsor a backfield F1 team to get advertising in America?

Originally posted by Al.


It will be cheaper now it has gone under, the big salaries will have possibly moved on or been laid off by the receivers so no need to keep them on/buy them off etc. Clean sheet, hire who you want.

Also is Leafield still owned by John Menard? If so an American group could neogociate the lease of the site directly with Menard.

Originally posted by shaggy
Why go into F1 if you are American ? If anything, they should look at IndyCars. The fact that they are not considering Indy should be enough of a hint as to how bad OW is in the US.

Originally posted by shaggy
Why go into F1 if you are American ? If anything, they should look at IndyCars.

Originally posted by whitewaterMkII

So Danica will have a ride

Originally posted by sblick
I guess this would be based in England, which for me doesn't make it that much of an "American" team. If it was based in the States, which would not be smart, I would call it an American team. There are plenty of American companies that sponsor F1 teams but we don't call them American teams. If you have an American driver it doesn't make it an American team. Who cares if it is American Honda it is still a Japanese company.

Originally posted by David M. Kane
Danica really isn't that good of a road racer IMO.

Originally posted by Timstr11
The facilities are for sale as a going concern.

Originally posted by Frank Booth


I would only look at Indy cars as a feeder series at best. Hopefully in 4-5 years it will be a different story but right now the top Indy car people aren't even close to being equal to the back marker teams in F1 IMO.

TWR plunged into liquidation on the back of Arrows's seven unsuccessful seasons at the top level under his ownership, and various assets, mainly facilities, were taken over by a consortium involving the Menard group and former F1 driver (with Arrows) and Indianapolis 500 winner Eddie Cheever.

The latter soon departed, but not before they transformed the TWR Group (sans Arrows) into Menard Competition Technologies and Menard Engineering Limited, companies aimed at providing engineering and consulting services to the motor and motorsport industries - with Menard's own IRL campaigns pencilled in at the top of the list.

Then, in November 2006, Menard, a US-based DIY chain, announced it had sold MCT and MEL to Magma Group, which fused the two companies and renamed the fused entity Ultramotive., which in turn rented the premises from Menard.

Super Aguri, headed by Aguri Suzuki, the former Arrows racer and first Japanese to score a F1 podium, had between Menard's purchase and sale of the consultancies, moved into a section of the Leafield facility on a tenancy basis.

Originally posted by random


Even today, Renault is a "French" team. While in reality, the entire team is located in Enstone, Oxfordshire,
.

Originally posted by AyePirate
Even the engine program? I thought (perhaps mistakenly) that was in France.

Originally posted by Ross Stonefeld
Are you talking about their attempt to buy Arrows or the CART team that came as a result of not going through with it?

Originally posted by Ross Stonefeld
Honda has the IRL and Acura the ALMS. Why would they sponsor a backfield F1 team to get advertising in America?

Originally posted by random


You're right, the engines are made in France, in the same factory that makes (British team) Red Bull's motors. The nexus of any team is the factory, not at the engine shop. The factory is where the vast majority of the work is done and where the vast majority of the employees work.

A majority of the teams are based in Britain and a majority of those claim British nationhood. Yet none of their engines are made in the UK.

Originally posted by Beedeeai
With around half of the F1 races now in Asia surely it could start making sense for teams to base themselves in the States and indeed Asia itself? Transport costs would be cut, as might labor costs. No need to fly to test if they get the home location right...

That's a good idea. Why does Toyota need to be working out of a shop in Germany? Build your shop right next to the track you own in Fuji.

Originally posted by Beedeeai
With around half of the F1 races now in Asia surely it could start making sense for teams to base themselves in the States and indeed Asia itself? Transport costs would be cut, as might labor costs. No need to fly to test if they get the home location right...

Originally posted by random


A majority of the teams are based in Britain and a majority of those claim British nationhood. Yet none of their engines are made in the UK.

Originally posted by paffett4F1



For Clarification

______________________Main Factory_______________Engine Manufacture_________Additional Support, R&D etc
Ferrari __________________Maranello, Italy_________________Maranello, Italy
McLaren Mercedes________Woking, Surrey, England__________Brixworth, Northants, England______Stuttgart, Germany
Toyota__________________Cologne, Germany_______________Cologne, Germany________________Higashifuji, Japan
Honda __________________Brackley, Northants, England ______Bracknell, Berks, England*_________Tochigi, Japan
Renault__________________Enstone, Oxon, England___________Viry-Chatillon, France
Red Bull Racing___________Milton Keynes, Bucks, England_____Viry-Chatillon, France
STR_____________________Faenza, Italy___________________Maranello, Italy
Williams_________________Grove, Oxon, England____________Cologne, Germany
Force India_______________Silverstone, Northants, England____Maranello, Italy
BMW Sauber_____________Hinwil, Switzerland_______________Munich, Germany

* Moving to Brackley


So of the 5 different F1 engines I make that one German, one French, one Italian and two British.

Originally posted by FonzCam

You forgot either BMW or Toyota because there are six engines in F1 (Ferrari, Renault, Toyota, BMW, Mercedes and Honda)
They are (number of teams supplied in brackets)
2 (3) German, 2 (2) British, 1 (3) Italian, 1 (2) French.