Campos Meta 1 Situation.

[exepm]

Serrano Ham, Iberian ham and "Pechito". Pechito is a way to say ribs in Argentina, from lambs or pigs. But this pechito means chest.

Sorry I was thinking in food

[raceman]

Karun Chandhok on F1 grid, gr8 news for India.

[ben_watkins]

HRT racing.. sounds like we'll have an old woman's team now

[mx_tifoso]

Their site was empty in the first place now they don't even have anything at all, besides a notification of 'modifications'.

Just like their car; it has never even been seen nor is there any proof that it will be in use.

[RAF]

So if Kolles reckoned they had nothing... only 2 weeks ago!!! Is it possible to build a full and working complete pair of F1 cars in that time?
Seems to me like they're redefining the term "cutting it fine".

Why don't this team cut a deal with Stefan, which USF1 was unwilling to do. At least Stephan have a car waiting to race.

[MattyT]

Why don't this team cut a deal with Stefan, which USF1 was unwilling to do. At least Stephan have a car waiting to race.

Actually if KA is to be believed, USF1 tried to do exactly that, but the serbians wanted no part in it, which is understandable as USF1 wasn't really offering something that Stefan wanted.

I think a deal with HRT would be the same. It doesn't sound like Stefan is interested in anything other than fielding his own team.

[zeeeeeeebra]

Why don't this team cut a deal with Stefan, which USF1 was unwilling to do. At least Stephan have a car waiting to race.

Actually if KA is to be believed, USF1 tried to do exactly that, but the serbians wanted no part in it, which is understandable as USF1 wasn't really offering something that Stefan wanted.

I think a deal with HRT would be the same. It doesn't sound like Stefan is interested in anything other than fielding his own team.

From what i read, it was the other way around...
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81769

Stefanovic has also revealed that he had discussed a merger with US F1 - which has a 2010 entry but has asked to miss the first four races as its programme is a long way behind schedule. He said these talks had now collapsed despite positive approaches from US F1 investor Chad Hurley.

"Yes, it is true we had some discussions stretching over many days, but these broke down completely on Thursday afternoon European time due to the inflexibility of certain players," Stefanovic said.

"I stress it was not Chad Hurley, who was open to discussions with us, but some of the other stakeholders who sabotaged the talks."

[axle]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81842

Chandhok confirmed.

Pictures of the HRT (LOL) F1 car to follow.

[ESPImperium]

Beaten to it by Axle.

Only test seats remaining at Hispanica and BMW Sauber. Id say Baguette for BMW Sauber and Lopez for Hispanica.

Looking forward to pics of the car.

[jp455]

The huge issue with Campos as I see it is ego. The new owner now wants to move the team headquarters from where it is to Murcia. Why? Why waste all that money moving a very established team (in F3 and other formulas at least) which is very close to an F1 test track (Valencia) and needs all the money it can get to make their car competitive? Is the new owner from Murcia? I wouldn't be surprised. Either that or the city is giving him a lot of money. Not quite the way to run a stable F1 team.

In any case...I certainly hope non of the remaining new teams fail. It would just ad insult to injury to the current bad F1 regulations.

[hollus]

Murcia was indeed putting a lot of money in. Several millions in exchange for the factory being there. But that was when Campos was still in, not sure if they still will.

[jp455]

I've worked in Spanish racing teams, thats where the skepticism comes from. And yes, heard that "the region is gonna put a lot of money into this" thing before. Well, like I said, hope it goes through for F1s sake.