Rubens at Sebring?

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by tlongman

Button's too young to make the switch from F1 to sports cars but who knows?

With a recession on the way ..... it would pay the bills of he finds himself at a loose end .

[Stefvh]

It looks like, for Button, there will be no choice between F1 ans SPortscars. At least for '09.

[The359]

If Honda would be willing to throw away their F1 team, could Acura's project be under any sort of threat?

[The Badger]

Honda and Acura are part of the same group ..... unless maybe the LMP effort is being financed by the American arm , but it looks to me like savings all around are parr for the course .

I can see , if the project isnt successful pretty quickly , it might not last , much like Cadillac did . I sincerly hope not !!!

But I must admit , the thought of seeing Barrichello in an LMP is great news !!!

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by Stefvh

It looks like, for Button, there will be no choice between F1 ans SPortscars. At least for '09.

How exactly do you mean ?

[mattcat]

Originally Posted by The359

If Honda would be willing to throw away their F1 team, could Acura's project be under any sort of threat?

I would say no, at least for the time being. Their sports car program is doing well, taking roughly half of the victories in LMP2 last year and with an overall win to their credit. On the other hand, their F1 program is a joke, with their two cars jockeying to see which one will finish second to last; a total waste of funds, if you ask me. Maybe they can free up some resources to be able to contend for the LMP1 championship.

[HORNDAWG]

Originally Posted by The359

If Honda would be willing to throw away their F1 team, could Acura's project be under any sort of threat?

That they are two polar opposites seems to bode well for the Acura program. Also that the Acura program is a Honda of N. America project and not the parent corp. makes some difference also. And the fact that the Acura program is of a customer type vs pure Mfg. along with the cost differential between the two being the amount of the GDP of a medium sized country would, i think, make a difference.



L.P.

[Stefvh]

Originally Posted by The Badger

How exactly do you mean ?

No place for him in F1 next year.

[deggis]

Originally Posted by tlongman

Wasn't there a rumor of a 2nd de ferran car? Or was that before highcroft was announced as a 2nd team.

At least Bear referred to that once. But it was before the economy got screwed up.

[Tom908V12]

Rubens has now all his time for an Endurance program wherever he wants


He also has time to write the books about his auto-biography at Ferrari F1 in the same time as endurance campaign

[deggis]

Question: Do you see any prospects in North America for Jenson Button or Rubens Barrichello, assuming a buyer isn't found for the Honda F1 team? (David, Trumansburg, N.Y.)

Answer [Curt Cavin]: Unless they've had major changes of heart since I last visited with them, they're not interested in U.S. racing unless it's ALMS.

http://blogs.indystar.com/racingexpe...car_count.html

[Kiki]

Hell, then Highcroft needs to dump Scott Sharp, who has as much talent for crashing cars as the late Colin McRae and get one of those F1 guys in there.

[HORNDAWG]

Originally Posted by Kiki

Hell, then Highcroft needs to dump Scott Sharp, who has as much talent for crashing cars as the late Colin McRae and get one of those F1 guys in there.

Wrong! Patrón.



L.P.

[cmk]

Originally Posted by Kiki

Hell, then Highcroft needs to dump Scott Sharp, who has as much talent for crashing cars as the late Colin McRae and get one of those F1 guys in there.

To elaborate on the above comment - if they dump Scott Sharp, they dump their budget. And then pay an F1 driver with what, exactly?

[dxk1]

If Scott was that bad, they wouldn't have come so close to winning the championship. Sure he had his offs, but overall he is a decent second driver and gave Brabs the chance to win some races.

DK