http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/ Autoblog Comments for http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/May 6th 2008 1:39PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/RIP SA.]]>May 6th 2008 1:41PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/May 6th 2008 1:48PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/May 6th 2008 1:49PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/Bernie's pathetic handling coupled with the "Max Mosley" farce & uncertainty about commercial success and rule changes has left very little on the table for some of the smaller teams. I wouldn't be surprised if Force India fold up within a year or two.]]>May 6th 2008 1:58PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/May 6th 2008 5:31PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/May 6th 2008 2:27PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/May 6th 2008 2:59PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/
Shipping costs to send teams to Malaysia, Singapore and one race in North America seems to really hurt teams that are not Ferrari or McClaren. When it was primarly in Europe they could drive the haulers from race to race but now you have to pack up and ship everything to another continent for one race.

When I studied in China they told our group that the F1 race is a farce because they give away so many tickets. Bernie is making money on it though so it must be good but its not comming from Chinese fans, rather being subsidized by the local government. They give the tickets away so the stands are full. Nobody I talked to in Shanghai gave a rip about the race because they could never afford to go which I think is the case in places like Singapore and India if they choose to race there.

Bernie needs to reall take a break from counting his billions and find a way to reduce costs. If its capping more things like car development then so be it. I don't see what would be wrong with making teams use the same car for a couple years or not allowing a bunch of midseson redesigns.]]>May 6th 2008 3:11PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/
for F1 to become interesting again they need to lift all the restrictions and just let the teams go at it. its professional racing, no one said its going to be cheap or easy. ]]>May 6th 2008 4:25PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/May 6th 2008 4:38PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/May 6th 2008 5:35PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/06/rip-super-aguri-f1-team-folds-due-to-lack-of-funds/May 6th 2008 5:29PM