Check it out: www.dailyf1.com/en/news/2001/october/19c.shtml
02 ITR used for a good cause instead of making trouble!
ed lee
Y2K ITR #498
97 ITR #315 RIP

 

 

I thought it was going to be vice versa, i.e. BAR begging for mercy to stay with Honda.

 

"new Integra Type R car to aid the Australian Red Cross Blood Service in delivering urgent blood supplies"

that the best I bet the blood will get there fast.

 

Like what the British will say: "Bloody Fast"......

 

Good stuff ....my mom will get a kick out of this seeing as she works for the American Red Cross.

 

I hope others follow his example to help when they can.

 

Oh my...that is funny and very considerate...At least the blood will get their reliably fast...

 

Since BAR probably be dropped for the Jordan team thats been with Honda longer then BAR..that and they did better on avg...BAR will probably lose the Honda engines and backing..though that could mean they will get picked up by some else and just come back with another engine setup. There is rurmor BAR people where talking to Toyota F1 people..hmm I wonder..if they do that, that be sure slap in the face to Honda. From past experience I think the Toyota engine will do well if it runs reliable and strong..then all is needed is good driver.

 

I doubt BAR has been in talk with Toyota. Toyota is running its own factory F1 team starting next year (engine and chassis) and there is no way that engine is ready to supply to other rival teams.

There is a rumour that Volkswagen wants to join F1 and have ben talking to Jordan. They both deny it of course but I think there is something there. The now president of VW was at BMW and headed up their return to F1....

 

Actually Toyota can sell them engines. Ferrari does this with Prost team I believe they get last yr's crate engines. Plus there not really rivial if they are not with Honda anymore. What that does is give any maker more crediablity that there engines are better and such if other teams want to run there engines. Also it counts toward constructor points if I'm not mistaken. Plus even if they won a race they get alot promotion from the annoucers just saying yeap and those cars are running those new Toyota engines and there blowing the rest away. BMW can even do this now..they just sell off there old engines from this yr. No matter what there getting promoted and also money for those engines and tech work.

 

Ahhhhhhhh HAAAAA!!!! KNEE SLAPPER!!

 

and best of all, the driver of the blood bank's typeR is a famous Australian race car driver too, thats a double combo fast.

 

You are right, Ferrari is selling last years engine - that is an important distinction. There is no way a works team like Ferrari or Toyota will sell another team their exact engine.. what if they got beat by it? Don't forget that Ferrari and Toyota will be the only two teams running the entire show thmselves - engine, chassis, personnell, etc, or a F1 team next year...

W may see Toyota supply an engine in the near future to another team, but I doubt it.

Flux - who like talking about Formula 1