I’m delighted that Brawn GP has emerged from the rubble of the Honda GP team. It is a bold move by Ross and knowing him, he would not have done it if he did not think he could be successful. Everything he does he does well. The money must be solid because Mercedes would not [...]
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Honda will race in 2009!
Posted in Honda, Teams on March 5, 2009 | 17 Comments »
Former Honda CEO Nick Fry was at the FOTA press conference this morning and after FOTA president Luca di Montezemolo confirmed that the team had been saved, he felt obliged to confirm this and to say that it would not have happened without FOTA support.
“Our team has been and will benefit from FOTA, first in [...]
What shall we call the new Honda team?
Posted in Discussion, Honda, tagged F1, Honda on February 28, 2009 | 51 Comments »
Honda F1 team looks like it has been saved by a management buyout headed by Ross Brawn and now it needs to be renamed and rebranded. So what shall it be called?
If we had a bit more time we could propose to the BBC that they do a reality game show to find a name, [...]
The Honda story hots up
Posted in Discussion, Honda, tagged F1, Honda on February 23, 2009 | 14 Comments »
In the last hour or so I’ve read the story on the Real Honda F1 site about an imminent announcement of a management buyout and had an urgent message from one of my regular readers, saying the same thing.
Real Honda clearly have some solid sources within the team, because they have broken a fair [...]
Why did Honda turn Bernie down?
Posted in Discussion, Honda, tagged Bernie Ecclestone, F1, Honda on February 22, 2009 | 15 Comments »
Interesting tale in the News of the World today, where Ian Gordon has managed to get an exclusive with Bernie Ecclestone on how the Honda management team turned down his offer of financial help with their buyout of the team.
Bernie has done a series of ‘exclusives’ lately; with the FT, the Telegraph, the Express and [...]
How a Honda-Virgin deal might work
Posted in F1 News, Honda, tagged Honda, Virgin on February 20, 2009 | 12 Comments »
As the momentum gathers behind a Virgin takeover of the Honda team, with Bernie Ecclestone throwing his weight behind the idea, I’ve been looking into how a deal might be structured and how that might compare with a management buyout, to see which is more likely and which Honda might prefer.
I should stress at the [...]
FOTA faces the public at last
Posted in F1 News, Honda, tagged FOTA, Honda, Virgin on February 18, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I’ve just been invited to a press conference in Geneva on March 5th, where FOTA president Luca di Montezemolo will outline what the members of the Formula One Teams’ Association have been discussing lately. It’s been very intense behind the scenes, with all the teams heavily involved in discussions covering all areas of the sport. [...]
Hope for Honda as costs set to fall?
Posted in F1 News, Honda, Teams, tagged F1 News, Honda, Teams on February 4, 2009 | 7 Comments »
There is a deafening silence coming out of Honda at the moment. The initial deadline of 31st January has passed and now it seems that efforts are focussing on a management buyout. This, of course, requires capital funding, which is in very short supply in the world at this time.
Honda likes the idea of a [...]
