Ford Racing "...getting what they deserve..." - Bright

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Originally Posted by krypto71

Well however you want to spin it, history now shows that Jason would have been better to do a deal to drive a Holden for 2005 and beyond.

I can understand how he must feel. He had aspirations for many years to own and drive for his own team. As far as I know, Jasons original intention was not to drive for another team in 2005.

FPR needed a great driver to help get them to the front of the field, and they managed to secure Jasons services with the contract that included the Britek deal. Brighty certainly got FPR to race winning form. He also stayed for the two years so to me, that shows that he lived up to and exceeded his end of the deal.

It can't have come as a shock to Ford when he left to drive for Britek in 2007. It also shouldn't comes as a surprise to all the people that caned him for leaving FPR. They may have been a winning team, but turning Britek into a winning team was never going to happen whilst he was driving for FPR.

Add to that, the other major component to the Britek sponsorship package was Fujitsu, and I am sure that they would have been applying pressure to get their star driver in their colours.

That two years at FPR as good as it was for me as a Ford/Bright fan, was the worst thing that could have happened for Britek. It took away two years worth of development. I am behind Jason all the way. I hope one day he can get back into his own car, and put the ugly Ford mess behind him.

Steve

ford put in $3mil for the 2008 budget, that money was already spent before mid year, remember Ford also gave him money for the rally cars!!! all Jason had to do was find a backer, but he doesnt share very well and wanted to do it on his own... there was no development at Britek, as the people he employed were not good enough to propel the car any further, you seem to forget Slater was his engineer and the car went no where slower than before. All Jason had to do was find an investor and more sponsors... has really nothing to do with ford!!!!

How does BJR find money with no Holden backing? Please tired of all the excuses, Jason is 37. if he cant figure it out, then he shouldnt have a team anyway

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The bigger issue here is the ridiculous cost of V8Supercars.

I nearly choked on my spoon when I was told how much it costs a driver for a co-drive in a tail-end car in one enduro event.

In regards to Bright, I think his biggest ever mistake was leaving FPR just when he and the team were starting to hit their strides. And I still firmly believe he is one of the best drivers in the championship.

As for his comments - well, Ford lost Triple 8 because of their own stupidity, and they have only this year returned to funding DJR. I tend to think they do only really have themselves to blame - they lost the best team in the championship through pure pettiness.