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My bad, I meant the step from Formula 2 or Formula 3000. Toyota upgraded their existing Le Mans and World Rally Team, which did have some manufacturing capability with the Le Mans cars being not too different from a Formula One car to construct in terms of materials, design etc.
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Super Aguri I am not so convinced about.... they took over the Arrows factory not to mention staff and indeed the initial SA car, although labelled a Super Aguri (SA05) was based on updated Arrows A23 chassis they had purchased from Paul Stoddart (Minardi) Paul had bought them from the TWR / Arrows administrator. Plus of course mated to a Honda engine. The following year (2007) im sure they used the Honda 2006 chassis, labelled SA06. I seem to recall some disapproval from other constructors at the time. In effect they were a Honda B Team. Its arguable in my eyes that they were a start from scratch operation given the set up was all resources that stemmed from Arrows, Honda etc. I dont feel strongly about it, and indeed personally had a soft spot for Super Aguri and remember well my very audible jubilation and elation when Sato did his wonders at the 2007 Canadian GP (It would have been 4 or 5 am for me!) I put my comments above more as an observation rather than a strong argument or total disagreement. Im happy to be corrected on my claims which are memory based . |
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My memory is telling me that it was several years before Jordan GP invested in much manufacturing equipment.Until then,much like Haas initially,they could be considered in the ranks of what Enzo Ferrari labelled the assemblatori . |
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Even today, you'd be surprised how much work even the top teams sub out to independent companies.
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Anyway, how about Cadillac for F1?
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Cadillac and Andretti are joining forces to enter F1. https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/an...ans-/10417491/ No dates or anything but the plan is to base the team in Indiana along with a European base. |
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I have to be very curious about the power unit. I am assuming a rebadge or maybe they don't even link the power unit to Cadillac? But we may not see more details until this moves closer to being a reality. Richard |
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Initially they plan to use a re-badge in a technical partnership although I cannot imagine any engine manufacturer letting them get too close if they plan to build their at some stage. |
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They are supposed to have a deal with Renault, although Honda might also be a shout depending on Red Bull.
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I'm beginning to wonder if Ben Sulaymen is giving Liberty a bit of a nudge to remind them whose championship it is.Also wondering if there is a probable time limit on the Cadillac LMDh programme as a consequence.
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That would be fun for Indy, GM and Honda together. With neither one actually building the Indy engines, ok it's HPD and Ilmor but you get what I mean. And Andretti running Honda in Indy and IMSA, if rumors of WTR "merger" with Andretti resulting in another Acura GTP car for Jarett.
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Plus the current 'closed shop' F1 set up brought about by the last concorde agreement (which was partly devised to prevent existing teams leaving as much as stopping any new ones entering) runs out at the end of 2025...
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The Andretti / Caddy setup is looking stronger & better isn’t it? Absolutely huge step to move from being a race team to being a constructor but I expect that they understand the difficulties & have planned for them.
Whilst the process of having the entry accepted is certainly convoluted, it’s not a bad thing to have that process, to ensure as much as possible that new entrants are “real” & properly set up. I just hope that the FIA & F1 (Liberty & teams) are consistent in their approach & work together on the process - would be a great shame if a tug of war erupts & new entrants get caught in the middle. Hopefully in the Andretti / Caddy case, they’ll know sometime this year what is happening with their application. Interesting suggestions that there may be other parties wishing to jump in - could be heading back to mid-20 size grids even? |
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Andretti getting GM onboard is a massive game changer as far as I am concerned. No longer would the current teams be able to laugh this off as a small scale entry.
I am watching on with interest, although 2026 seems like a long way off. I hope that this goes ahead, although knowing F1 I guess that there are lots of hurdles to jump over before they can even think about actually making a car. |
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Would be nice to have a name like Cadillac in F1, especially with Andretti.
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It needs to happen and Vettel's retirement showed how clogged up the current F1 driver's market is. I would say let two more teams in, which will bring some much needed new blood to F1. Great to see Andretti/Cadillac putting their hat in the ring. If F1 want's to be truly global, it need more constructors from outside Europe. |
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I have to wonder how deep GM wants to be in F1. I can see them helping to fund the Andretti effort. Maybe even some level of technical assistance. But I just don't see them diving fully into the deep end and taking the step to have a larger "technical ownership" and all that goes with that. I tend to think this is "Andretti F1" with GM branding and funding. Much like Alfa Romeo and Sauber. I expect that Andretti would have the controlling interest in the joint venture.
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It feels like Andretti is using the power of a big manufacturer to get into F1. Have not the impression it's an all-in effort from Cadillac.
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According to the GM/Cadillac representative in this Racer.com article, they are still committed to IndyCar as well as competing full time in the WEC with our all-new Cadillac V-LMDh. So yes it would appear Andretti is using the power and branding of a big manufacturer to get into F1.
https://racer.com/2023/01/05/propose...dycar-program/ |
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I hope they get in.
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And hopefully the other teams will be forced to accept them
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