End of the Renault?

[dydzi]

Finnish media says that on 9th of February new CEO - Carlos Ghosn will announce end of the activity of the Renault F1 with the end of 2006. Team however will not be closed, but sold - there are rumours that david richards is willing to buy it

[MrKipling]

Just as I predicted. About two months ago.

[Jakg]

Originally Posted by MrKipling

Just as I predicted. About two months ago.

you never no, things could change!

[RacingManiac]

And they thought a manufacturer based series could work...

[spi-ti-tout]

Uumm didn't they win the F1 Championship last year?

[dydzi]

Originally Posted by spi-ti-tout

Uumm didn't they win the F1 Championship last year?

they did
they confirmed that they are the best, so they don't have anything more to proof. probably they'll come back in 5 years, as they were doing in the past.

now we know why did alonso move to mclaren

[MrKipling]

It's the Renault way - arrive, win, piss off for a few years.

Also, I heard that one of the F1 manufacturers spent 'more than half their total dividend' on Formula 1 in 2005, and if you look at the manufacturers involved, that could only be Renault. Spending like that is unsustainable - they had 300 technicians working on the V8 alone. Silly.

[carsnut]

so thats why Alonso decided to move to McLaren

[dimlight]

WOOOOhhOOO gotta love Renault.., i think its the most enigmatic team in F1.

[blackcat77]

1. I don't read Finnish.
2. Why should we trust these people when no one else is reporting this?

[Matra et Alpine]

Originally Posted by MrKipling

It's the Renault way - arrive, win, piss off for a few years.

Also, I heard that one of the F1 manufacturers spent 'more than half their total dividend' on Formula 1 in 2005, and if you look at the manufacturers involved, that could only be Renault.

Odd, I always reckoned it was Ferrari as they still had the largest budget.

The idea of Renualt pulling out is old hat and always rumoured as iti s and has always been Renaults way in motorsport.

[dimlight]

Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine

Odd, I always reckoned it was Ferrari as they still had the largest budget.

The idea of Renualt pulling out is old hat and always rumoured as iti s and has always been Renaults way in motorsport.

Its the french way. Same with Peugeot in WRC , win a few titles.. let the others have a little fun for some years, come back and win the whole thing consecutively.

[Matra et Alpine]

you're right, d, should more accurately have said the "French way" I guess

[RacingManiac]

Originally Posted by carsnut

so thats why Alonso decided to move to McLaren

I told you Flav know something we don't...

[MrKipling]

Ferrari do have a large budget, but I would imagine a lot of their sponsorship deals (certainly major ones) for 05 were struck a couple of years ago - and worth mega-bucks. Renault don't have the long-term stability of Ferrari and i should think are less able to command spectacular sums for ad space as a result. However, I'm not really sure how much they make from sponsorship. I have heard stories that Ferrari spent $500,000,000 on F1 in 2005 - but how much of that actually comes from the Maranello coffers?