BMW to supply second team in 2006?

[BootsOntheSide]

Minardi-European in 2002 - which I think were derived from the engines Arrows developed.

Proton could be capabel of making a good engine, and it'd be good from a marketing perspective for Sauber, as they have such strong Malaysian connections.

[ParkLife]

No, the European engines of 2002 were an old Cosworth design if I remember correctly. Minardi bought the rights to them.

[Raglanparade]

Arrows built in-house engines in 1999

Before that... I think Arrows may have been in-house for engines in 1995 or 1996.

Ferrari have always had inhouse engines.

none of the big players have ever made their engines in house... im thinking (but i could be wrong, that Ligier had in house engines in the early 90's)

[Dani Filth]

AFAIK Ligier never had in house engines . only Matra ..

[ParkLife]

It's probably worth noting that Jordan's deal with Toyota is only for one year.

[Raglanparade]

Footwork then ?? i know one of the middle of the road teams did in house engines in the early 90's

[Dani Filth]

they had Hart&Cosworth engines i think
edit . and Mugen Honda . and Porsche

[RWC]

Originally Posted by StickShift

Apparently Sauber has flirted with the idea of making his own engines inhouse. With support from Petronas and Proton. Unless they can do something special, it doesn't make sense for them to leave Ferrari, or even turn down BMW.

Otherwise, I think BMW.Red Bull.F1 is the most realistic option.

Yes,as red says they had intended right from the start to make proton f1 engines.
That's why the huge price sauber was (at first) paying ferrari.The 'technical exchange' -as peter sauber put it- ended about '99 if i remember rightly.
It's **extremely** unlikely that sauber are still paying the rediculous amounts that they are often missquoted to still be paying
The early price was for an engine supply *and* lots of help to design their own engine.Sadly most journalists and fans still use quote amount as what sauber are still paying