2015 Formula 1 Season Paddock

I realize that, but that money cannot pay for a season.

 

Nope , that's why they need sponsors and usually have pay drivers too

 

I'd rather Catherham stay gone, not really a fan of their "who wants to pay for a drive this weekend?" business model.

 

Same goes for Baja racing, albeit a smaller scale. To run a competitive Trophy Truck 1000 miles it will cost 200k for the effort, 400k for the tt, 200k for the prerunner, 1000s of hours all to maybe win 10 grand.

 

I don't agree. While I am not specifically a fan of the way they run their operation.

Not many years ago red bull was a shoestring team then they went on to win 4 championships. Look at Mercedes too, nearly the same story.

My suggestion would be something like a privateer cup, a 2nd string championship and points race.

 

Wut.

 

Mercedes = brawn = Honda/bar = tyrrell

 

Well then you aren't a fan of lots of teams then because most except the top 3 or 4 are running pay drivers

 

So it was a struggling upstart when exactly. 1970? Those were different times altogether.

 

Wow

 

The Cost of Winning ~ Pay Drivers

http://lastwordonsports.com/2014/03/19/the-cost-of-winning-are-all-drivers-pay-drivers/

 

I understand that pay drivers is a reality of the sport, but when the driver line-up changes on a day-to-day basis then it's ridiculous IMO. The whole ordeal with Kobayashi is a good example.

 

Be interesting to see if Haas F1 fares any better

 

In all fairness to Caterham , Marussia and HRT , they all signed up on a promise of a cost cap for F1 and then after that got shit canned , Bernie decided to only pay out to the top ten teams then after that the FIA decided to drop the V8's for the exponentially more expensive hybrid V6 spec

 

F1 is a fucking clusterfuck when it comes to rule changes , secret deals between the rights holder and individual teams and the inability for the teams to unite on anything

 

Well I love racing so I'll continue to watch whatever happens and how ever ridiculous the rules and cars get, but I also watch WEC and TUSC so I'm not too invested in the series.

 

WRC is unreal, I've watched it here and there but always forget to set the DVR. Rally America is pretty good too.

 

Vergne confirms he's out at Torro Rosso

http://en.espnf1.com/tororosso/motorsport/story/186047.html

 

First test " not good enough " ~ McLaren

http://en.espnf1.com/mclaren/motorsport/story/186061.html