[Formula 1] Novice iz sveta II.

Nop..

williams, mclaren, redbull.. govorilo se je, da naj bi sel jaguarju leta 2001.. pa ga mclaren ni pustil, pa je sel pol jadrnice dizajnirat

Honda to announce retirement on Friday?
04 December 2008

According to the latest reports in British media the Honda Formula 1 team will announce its retirement from Formula One on Friday morning. The Brackley based team will close down its factory if no buyer is found with a few weeks.

Reuters quoted a senior source at a rival team: "They have a month to find a buyer, otherwise they are closing the team."

If the Honda team would retire from Formula One there would be just 18 cars left on the grid next season.

Jup, iscejo kupca, 1 mesec imajo pa casa...

Se uradna izjava:

We, Honda Motor Co., Ltd., have come to the conclusion that we will withdraw from all Formula One activities, making 2008 the last season of participation.

This difficult decision has been made in light of the quickly deteriorating operating environment facing the global auto industry, brought on by the sub-prime problem in the United States, the deepening credit crisis and the sudden contraction of the world economies.

Honda must protect its core business activities and secure the long term as widespread uncertainties in the economies around the globe continue to mount. A recovery is expected to take some time.

Under these circumstances, Honda has taken swift and flexible measures to counter this sudden and expansive weakening of the marketplace in all business areas. However, in recognition of the need to optimize the allocation of management resources, including investment regarding the future, we have decided to withdraw from Formula One participation. We will enter into consultation with the associates of Honda Racing F1 Team and its engine supplier Honda Racing Development regarding the future of the two companies. This will include offering the team for sale.

In its third era of Formula One activities, Honda has been participating in Formula One races from the 2000 season, initially with BAR, by adopting a new format of jointly developing racing machines.
Subsequently, in a move to meet the changing environment surrounding Formula One, we switched to running a 100 percent Honda-owned team commencing with the 2006 season.

Surmounting many challenges, the Honda Team achieved a Grand Prix victory in 2006, enabling Honda to receive overwhelming support from Honda fans around the world that were looking forward to greater success. It, therefore, has been an extremely difficult decision for us to come to this conclusion without having been able to fully meet the expectations of our fans.

By making the best of what we have learned during these times of economic turmoil, coupled with the spirit of challenge gained through active participation in racing, we intend to continue with our commitment in meeting new challenges.

Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank our fans and all those who have supported Honda’s Formula One efforts, including everyone in the world of Formula One.

Thank you very much.

Takeo Fukui
President and CEO
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

darjan: Nop.. caka se na kupca, pa se bo potem videlo kako pa kaj..

Malecky: Ja, samo kakor razumem bodo ekipe se vedno imele na voljo svoj motor, drug motor ali pa Cossie "budget package"..

Transmisijo naj bi pa proizvajali Anglezi - Ricardo..

Pa za gearbox je ze definitivno? Al so se v fazi odlocanja?

Meni je pa ravno to vsec, da bojo spet privat ekipe, ne pa koncerni, ki se preseravajo, mecejo kes stran, s koncnim ciljem prodati cimvec svojga pleha in po parih letih it adijo..

To je itak tud brezveze..

Meni je bilo najlepse 10 let nazaj.. samostojne ekipe williams, tyrrell, stewart, jordan, minardi.....