In 2010, three teams arrived in F1, emerging from several projects stillbirths (USF1, Stefan ... GP). A year later, on the edge of a new season, what can we expect past? Has the situation changed since? Portraits Crusaders.
Team Lotus: Tony Fernandes naming defendant
The team wants to differentiate itself from the new Renault Lotus Renault GP now. For this, nothing better than a trial. Each entity defends what she believes is its right, but in the end, you have to face the truth. Gerard Lopez, although belonging to one of the teams involved, shared a very frank analysis and the least interesting: "It's a fact: if 1Malaysia Racing should change their name, they will lose money FOM that are owed. (...) At a minimum, we should admit the truth, which is summarized in a story about money and nothing else. "The money has always failed to small teams, despite the money injected by businessmen to bank account full. After all, Tony Fernandes is one of them ... It will be noted that his team, especially after this affair that may impinge upon the image conveyed by the team. However, the image is not everything: do not forget that Lotus is one of the only three teams have really improved at the technical level with the arrival of Renault.
Virgin Racing rearrangements
In 2010, many observers believed that Lotus was the only team among the three serious newcomers. However, as long as all three in the race, there are still enough hope. Like Lotus, Virgin is portrayed by Richard Branson, who became a personality for the jet-set as much as passion for motorsport. And Virgin, right now, there has been a reshuffle. The main information that results is the return of Ian Phillips, who passed through Jordan, Midland and Force India before arriving this year Virgin as CEO. The former CEO of Virgin, namely Graeme Lowdon, now chairs the team. This new role will enable them to have a privileged position compared with FOTA. All this means that a new CEO was appointed Andy Webb, CEO of Marussia. The president Nikolay Fomenko Marussia has meanwhile been appointed technical director. Note that the combination of the team with Marussia enable them to meet them by the right people and be more effective, even though senior executives directly Marussia have a place in Virgin Racing. Anyway, all These are in the direction of progress and a reflection on the team itself will be beneficial for the future. Especially since a key personalities such as John Booth, it will not change his position.
HRT: Chandhok to acquire Karthikeyan lost
At HRT Chandhok had enough of being pushed aside. Always the same problems, does: money. Sakon Yamamoto and Christian Klien were able to drive, not only for their ability to drive the car, but especially with the money they could make. Karun Chandhok has therefore confined to a few rods for BBC Radio 5live Sport. In view of the arrival in India in F1, the drivers and teams in the country are increasingly popular. Thanks to this, Karthikeyan made a very unexpected return to F1, we have not seen him since 2005. We're not going into detail on this change, but we wanted to emphasize again the inconsistency of this choice, and ask if there was evidence of the difficulty of the team to actually invest in Hispanic F1 a sustainable project where the team can hope to be competitive. We wish them since it is always good to see new competitors land in F1, with the dream of progress and reach the summit from scratch.
These three teams are to follow to know if really, thanks to cost reductions undertaken by the FIA for some time, teams can enter the microcosm of F1 and expect to run for points, podiums or wins.
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