Team Australia dumps Marcus Marshall

[StickShift]

Team Australia wasn't a three car team for very long... It's back to two cars for the Mexico City finale.

STATEMENT REGARDING TEAM AUSTRALIA

Today it has been decided to terminate the agreement between Marcus Marshall and WPS because of certain breaches. Consequently Marcus Marshall will no longer be driving for Team Australia in the Champ Car World Series.

The breaches were serious and substantial and occurred before the Surfers Paradise event.

Given the significance of the Surfers Paradise event to Champ Car, Queensland and Australia, there was a resolve to defer all decisions until after the Surfers Paradise race. This allowed time for proper consideration of all the circumstances.

After careful consideration of the breaches it was unanimously agreed to by all team owners (Craig Gore, Derrick Walker, John Fish) to terminate Marcus Marshall’s driver and sponsorship agreement effective immediately.

It is disappointing for all concerned, however the breaches were considered incapable of being remedied by all team owners.

Given the termination and the form and nature of the agreement, no further comments can be made.

Please refer all media requests to Brett Murray – BAM Media
Communication Managers -Team Australia.

[macdaddy]

Anybody have any idea of what happened?

[Kicking-back]

He was too slow.

[Robert Ryan]

That is a major "breach" for any racing car driver

[rustyfan]

This is being discussed here as well:

http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=75790

[KE30MAN]

I don't think KB's reason is the whole one, but it is enough for me.

[Marcel ten Caat]

I think they have a new driver lined up already for the last race, so don't give up a three car team yet.

[marcus]

yes he was slow but there has to be more to it than this doesnt there ?

maybe it was a performance based cluase , not aimed directly at his speed but race results ?

who knows but at least this would more than likely put Power in the seat for mexico wouldnt it ?

[Kicking-back]

Power has signed a three-year contract and was always going to be replacing Marshall next year, so it makes sense for them to start early.

[Marcel ten Caat]

It's now on v8central.com and motorsport.com as well.
Probably as soon as the americans wake up it will be on the ccws site. (at least i guess so)

[D.R.T.]

Smells very much of Gore's touch. This guy supports motor racing brilliantly no arguing there, however his dealings behind the scenes especially with drivers leaves alot to be desired.

Interesting to hear Marshall's side of the story, but to me it seems he has been dudded.

[Snrub]

Will Will Power be replacing Marshall for the Mexico City race?

[Kicking-back]

Yes

[drewdawg727]

It's a shame...Marshall all of a sudden seemed to come on strong starting in Las Vegas. I don't know where all of this confidence and fast speeds were coming from, but something he did was right, and now it's almost considered unimportant.

[Silk Cut Jaguar]

"The breaches were serious and substantial" is strong wording for simply being on the wrong end of a performance clause.

[Snrub]

Vegas is a very different kind of race from every other one on the calender. Read some of the driver's thoughts regarding the difficulty of it.

I cut Marshall all sorts of slack all season long beliving it was nearly impossible for a non-vetern unlike Tag to succeed on TA. Power proved that theory wrong.

[BootsOntheSide]

One good result on a setup-dependent oval proved very little. Alls eason it seemed that Marcus either wasn't ready for ChampCars, or he would never be up to standard. Increasingly it looked more likely to be the latter, and Power's excellent drive at Surfer's confirmed that the car's potential was not being approached. ALthough there hmay have been some other off-track breach of rules, his lack of pace is jsutification enoguh for the replacement.

[Robert Ryan]

The breaches were serious and substantial
Any excuse.I think Will showed in one race what he can do...Marcus took a season , what he COULD NOT DO.

[codename_47]

Originally Posted by D.R.T.

Smells very much of Gore's touch. This guy supports motor racing brilliantly no arguing there, however his dealings behind the scenes especially with drivers leaves alot to be desired.

He should've taken up with Gentalozzi instead then, they would've gotten along like a house on fire!

Oh well, one less red flag causing mobile chicane in the series is discarded in favour of an Aussie with actual talent....can't say I'm too upset....unlike Mr G's wheeling and dealings....

[GTRMagic]

The odd part is that the young driver had driven at Sandown & Bathurst in the Team Australia Ford V8Suercar, and in the ChampCar races, with all sorts of hullabaloo in the local motorsport press....

"Serious & Substantial" can mean the cheques did not arrive in the appropriate timeframe.... that there was a behind-the-scenes argument between the primary backer that appears on Mr Marshall's helmet, regarding testing, driver development and indeed engineering prowess within the team.....

... so all this turns to poop and this is the announcement that pops out... maybe...

[Fiorentina 1]

"Serious & Substantial" means more then just non payment. Non payment is more like, "both parties decided to go their own way...." This is more than likely a lot more serious, and probably more substantial then we know or will be spilled on an Internet forum.

[D.R.T.]

Originally Posted by Fiorentina 1

"Serious & Substantial" means more then just non payment.

Not with Craig Gore. This guy is a Piranha

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by D.R.T.

Not with Craig Gore.

Sadly I tend to agree... you are either in the good books or the bad books... either one would not be particularly fun

[Falcadore]

I've heard they have installed a turnstile at the gates of the WPS V8Supercar team to better facilitate staff rotation.

[Razor]

Does anyone what know breaches Marshall did?