F1: Williams' Parr Expects Another Team To Go
Dec 8, 2008 | 12:15 PM
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F1: Williams' Parr Expects Another Team To Go
I hate to say it, but I agree.
Williams's Parr expects another team to go
By Pablo Elizalde Monday, December 8th 2008, 13:56 GMT
Williams's CEO Adam Parr believes another Formula One team will leave the sport before the start of the 2009 season.
"I had expected one or two teams to pull out of Formula One imminently," Parr told Reuters in an interview.
"And I also said that it was not necessarily going to be just independent teams that were involved.
"I believe that we probably will lose another team before the beginning of next season and there is a very high chance it will be a manufacturer."
Japanese manufacturer Honda announced last week that it was withdrawing from Formula One with immediate effect due to the world's financial crisis.
The Brackley-based squad have been put up for sale and their chiefs are trying to find a buyer before the start of the season in Melbourne in March.
Parr said Honda's decision came as a consequence "of unlimited and unrestrained spending."
"Honda didn't have to leave Formula One, it chose to," added Parr. "Williams would never choose to leave Formula One. So long as we can rub together a few pennies and put together a half-decent budget, we are going to go racing.
"If we have to tailor what we spend to a lower income, then we'll do that. To me, it's just completely illogical to talk about Williams leaving Formula One."
He added: "We believe that our position is pretty much different to all the other teams because every other team in Formula One is primarily dependent on one of its shareholders that is providing either all or a very high proportion of the income for the team.
"That shareholder is in Formula One primarily for marketing reasons. They can at any time decide that the cost-benefit ratio of leaving Formula One makes sense.
"The difference with Williams is that we don't have a choice about being in F1, that is what we do."
By Pablo Elizalde Monday, December 8th 2008, 13:56 GMT
Williams's CEO Adam Parr believes another Formula One team will leave the sport before the start of the 2009 season.
"I had expected one or two teams to pull out of Formula One imminently," Parr told Reuters in an interview.
"And I also said that it was not necessarily going to be just independent teams that were involved.
"I believe that we probably will lose another team before the beginning of next season and there is a very high chance it will be a manufacturer."
Japanese manufacturer Honda announced last week that it was withdrawing from Formula One with immediate effect due to the world's financial crisis.
The Brackley-based squad have been put up for sale and their chiefs are trying to find a buyer before the start of the season in Melbourne in March.
Parr said Honda's decision came as a consequence "of unlimited and unrestrained spending."
"Honda didn't have to leave Formula One, it chose to," added Parr. "Williams would never choose to leave Formula One. So long as we can rub together a few pennies and put together a half-decent budget, we are going to go racing.
"If we have to tailor what we spend to a lower income, then we'll do that. To me, it's just completely illogical to talk about Williams leaving Formula One."
He added: "We believe that our position is pretty much different to all the other teams because every other team in Formula One is primarily dependent on one of its shareholders that is providing either all or a very high proportion of the income for the team.
"That shareholder is in Formula One primarily for marketing reasons. They can at any time decide that the cost-benefit ratio of leaving Formula One makes sense.
"The difference with Williams is that we don't have a choice about being in F1, that is what we do."
Dec 8, 2008 | 03:29 PM
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very true fact of the matter the teams which I consider candidates for leaving are the Red Bull/STR and Force India primarily. Perhaps Renault might leave and Mercedes-Benz (not McLaren) might cut it's losses if the situation worsens.
But Ferrari and Williams are there to stay IMO and BMW Sauber have recently invested a lot to bail this soon
But Ferrari and Williams are there to stay IMO and BMW Sauber have recently invested a lot to bail this soon
Dec 9, 2008 | 12:03 AM
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I'd put my money on Force India. Renault just put a ton of money into developing a solid car for Alonso and it was really paying off for them at the end of the season. They WILL be coming back for 2009 for sure. After that tho, who knows. If Alonso goes to Ferrari, all bets are off for Renault.
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