Another new challenger for 2010

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Okay, they've been bouncing the idea around since 2006, but it seems that the 2010 Formula One World Championship will see another new entrant: Korean car manufacturer Hyundai, who have recently unveiled an official website Like United States Grand Prix Engineering, it's a minimalist affair, with nothing more than the website's URL and a contact e-mail address.

Let's just hope that if Hyundai make it to Melbourne in 2010, their cars are nothing like their Excel range circa 1998.
 
Bernie has said there will be 26 cars on the grid next year. We know about the USGP team so perhaps this is the second of the other two?
 
Well, I noticed this on wikipedia a bit ago but wasn't sure how reliable its sources were.

There are also rumours that Prodrive will continue to consider F1 (and David Richards did mention this when asked about why he didn't buy HondaF1). Their participation depends on how much the costs get reduced and how competitive they can be within 1-2 seasons.
 
There are a lot of F1 people losing their jobs at the moment so there are plenty of experienced personnel for them to build a team around and if they get the right design crew in and started now they could even do a Brawn.

Unlikely I know, but it would be good to see a brand new team enter F1 and be at or near the sharp end of the grid straight away.
 
While were on the subject of new teams, I heard USGPE has a 100% wind tunnel available to them? They can't actually use this can they because the limit is 60%?
Does anyone know the rules on facilities and resources and could they perhaps explain them?

Also, does the ban on in-season testing affect teams who haven't joined yet? Could they use all this year for testing?
 
This is from the current rules available here.

http://www.fia.com/en-GB/sport/regulations/Pages/FIAFormulaOneWorldChampionship.aspx

13.1 Applications to compete in the Championship may be submitted to the FIA during the period 1-31 July 2008 inclusive on an entry form as set out in Appendix 2 hereto accompanied by an undertaking to pay the entry fee of €309,000 (three hundred and nine thousand Euros) to the FIA no later than 1 November 2008. Applications at other times will only be considered if a place is available. Entry forms will be made available by the FIA who will notify the applicant of the result of the application within thirty days of its receipt. Successful applicants are automatically entered in all Events of the Championship and will be the only competitors at Events.

Any team entering next years championship will have to apply between the 1st and 31st of July 2009 and abide by the rules from that point.

Until that point I would say they can do all the testing and wind tunnel work they can afford.
 
Tired Tyres
Bernie has said there will be 26 cars on the grid next year. We know about the USGP team so perhaps this is the second of the other two?
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Apparantely Minardi are the third team!
 
Ardius
While were on the subject of new teams, I heard USGPE has a 100% wind tunnel available to them? They can't actually use this can they because the limit is 60%?
Does anyone know the rules on facilities and resources and could they perhaps explain them?

Also, does the ban on in-season testing affect teams who haven't joined yet? Could they use all this year for testing?
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Just because they have a 100% wind tunnel available it doesn't mean they can't just make a model at 60%.
 
Hmmm.... so Hyundai's entering F1? So we have teams from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Japan, India, Korea, and the United States

My prediction? We could get more races with only one car per team if this keeps continuing... just speculation.
 
Bah, its no where near the days of 1989 just yet. All the tracks can handle the larger amount of cars and if a team is even entering F1 I kind of expect them to have the money to run more than one chassis.
Though I would enjoy seeing the desperate teams that made F1 a bit more colorful back then, maybe not the Andrea Moda's but more the Leyton House and Simteks, teams I can cheer for even if they stand no chance at all.
 
If the F1 cars are anything like the Accent WRCar, I don't think Ferrari, Mercedes or BMW have anything to worry about in the F1 world. ;)

But good on them for trying at least. :)
 
wow hyundai where the last people i expected to see in F1. but just a question with the engine freeze rules wouldn't they have to get an engine from one of the other manufactures? (i dont know when that rule ends)
 
I don't think we're giving Hyundai enough credit here. They're the world's fifth-largest manufacturer with seventy-four billion dollars in revenue as of 2007. Sure, they have a reputation for making disposable cars, but this isn't something they've decided upon overnight; they've been negotiating with the Powers That Be since 2006. I think they can do it, though they probably won't be as competitive as the other teams and the feeder series are looking a little sparse in terms of who is available to drive. But if they can net a driver with a season or two under his belt, they may be able to get consistent points finishes. I can't imagine McLaren are too impressed with Heikki Kovalainen at the moment, with his two DNFs being a result of driver errors ...
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I don't think Ferrari, Mercedes or BMW have anything to worry about in the F1 world.
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Apart from Brawn, Williams and Toyota replacing them as th dominant teams in the sport almost overnight?
 
I'll wait until the meeting over the diffusers used by Toyota, Williams & Brawn is done before I start calling them cheats. :p Or get Ferrari and the others to join in and get the diffusers fitted themselves. :)
 
If they are going to use their blue splash design, I can imagine HyundaiGP having a killer livery.
 

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