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Yep, I'm pleased to see him back. Hopefully now free of the Red Bull shackles.....
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From what I understand he has been released by RBR but only for the duration of his Williams stay.... they retain links with him and RBR have first option on his services post Williams.
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Wow, you think a driver who gets on with the job and slowly improves and keeps out of trouble on and off the track is someone I think we should not mention. And you somehow decided from my post I was surprised? I think maybe you need a rethink of what I actually meant Anyway nice Albon is back, hopefully he can try and perform now he doesn’t have the pressure of a big team. And keeping Latifi is no problem, as safe pair of hands, who can bring home the odd result on the right day |
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There were plenty of rumours in Zandvoort of Zhou and Renault to Sauber/Alfa! Who knows…
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While we have seen Alpine do well at times, I would assume they are at the bottom of the power unit pecking order. Plus they continue to have staff turnover.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/r...mpany/6645206/ In addition to the main story of them ditching their power unit leader, the article also says they have delayed upgrades until 2022, but isn't that always the story in that... "The updates are just on the horizon". Quote:
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Exactly. Alfa Romeo has an agreement with Sauber Motorsports (the F1 team) for team naming rights. They don't own Sauber Motorsports and the F1 entry is owned/controlled (whatever is the right name) by Sauber Motorsports and not Alfa Romeo. Google tells me the current arrangement runs through 2024. Of course anything can change.
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So... Longbow Finance S.A owns Sauber Motorsports which runs an F1 team named Alfa Romeo Racing. Clear as mud. And I expect the actual ownership is more complicated than just Longbow. Richard |
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I get all that. I'm just curious as to why peebee2 makes a point of referring to the team as Sauber rather than by the sponsor name under which it races.
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At the time that Longbow took over, all the shares in Sauber were sold to them and Peter Sauber retired from the board. It would appear that Longbow is a finance company based in Switzerland, but has very strong connections with a number of very, very wealthy business people from Finland. Ericsson, who was one of their drivers at that time, was thought to have brought significant sponsorship from these individuals back then. |
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So I guess Hamilton drives for Daimler AG and Alonso for Groupe Renault?
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We all know what someone means when they say Sauber, not sure what the beef is with that?
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Alfa is more than a sponsor. It’s the name of the car/chassis too
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Least Italian team uniforms ever! They look like a bunch of electrical contractors. For an "Italian" racing team, they seem awfully Swiss... |
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It doesn't help when you team name is something like... "Budweiser Bud Light Platinum Racing powered by Oracle NetSuite" Are you Budweiser Racing, Bud Light Racing, Platinum Racing, Bud Racing, Oracle Racing, NetSuite Racing or maybe all of those at the same time? Richard |
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