Do you honestly believe that Haas can somehow come in with no prior experience and beat more than half the grid in one fell swoop?
And in this case, both believing and hoping that Haas can make the top five in their debut season is a fool's errand.
I dont watch a lot of Nascar, but I Didn't know they were going down hill,. Heck they just built a new generation car, lol!Though I am really glad that Haas will be in F1 soon, I am really concerned about many things. First of all, he's looking at Dallara being the chassis builder, you cannot have a company build a chassis for you if you want to be successful. Haas does not understand that F1 is not a spec racing series. The car chassis ARE NOT THE SAME and making some generic chassis will make you the worst in the field (remember HRT?). Secondly, he is looking at Ferrari Engines. Ferrari is currently struggling being competitive. Why not Mercedes, they are dominating the field and have had the best reliability engine wise. Thirdly, he is sponsoring HIS OWN CAR. To succeed in F1, you need sponsors to help pay for development of cars, pay the teams, etc. If you are having no income from anyone besides the team owner (unless it's Bill Gates), you're going to go under FAST. I have a feeling that the car is going to look very similar to HRTs: but with HRD all over it.
I would say good sponsors would be Chevron, ExonMobil, Microsoft, Comcast, PNC, Chase,etc.
Finally, he says he wants to do it cheaply. You must spend lots of money to do well in F1. Formula One, unfortunately, has always been about who has the most money. For Haas to have a high finishing team, he will have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars. Only in NASCAR and other spec series can you do it cheaply because money doesn't matter there, Kurt Busch was in the lowest budget team in NASCAR and won several races. If you do the cheap way in F1, you're guaranteed to be like Marussia, Caterham, or Lotus. I really hope Haas doesn't screw this up. If he is successful, F1 could possibly become one of the most popular forms of motorsport in the US. It is already 3rd, I think it could become 2nd with Haas and maybe even 1st if NASCAR keeps going down hill.
Attendance rates and viewership rates have been going down.
Wow, this is going to suck for the Nascar fans, but hopefully for me since Nascar bought Tudor USCR that, that's where all the hype is going too. Is America finally ready 4 straight up GT racing?!,.Attendance rates and viewership rates have been going down.
(2013 Food City 500, first year of gen 6 car)
(2007 Food City 500, 1st year of Gen 5 car)
Don't make the mistake of assuming that because HRT had a bad car, Haas will, too. When HRT employed Dallara, it was a low-budget arrangement, and development of the chassis stalled when HRT did not pay on time. When Colin Kolles took over, he ended the partnership early.
We are yet to see what the FIA will do about engine development. Given the expense and the complexity of the engines, they will likely allow some degree of change. Besides, last year, Mercedes had the best-performing engine, but a Renault-powered car dominated.
He will no doubt find more sponsors. For now, he is putting his own money in to get the project off the ground. As USF1 demonstrated, it is very difficult to get sponsors without a car.
Do those companies want to be involved? And if so, to what extent?
The sport is in a financial crisis. It needs to cut costs, and soon.
Though I am really glad that Haas will be in F1 soon, I am really concerned about many things. First of all, he's looking at Dallara being the chassis builder, you cannot have a company build a chassis for you if you want to be successful. Haas does not understand that F1 is not a spec racing series. The car chassis ARE NOT THE SAME and making some generic chassis will make you the worst in the field (remember HRT?). Secondly, he is looking at Ferrari Engines. Ferrari is currently struggling being competitive. Why not Mercedes, they are dominating the field and have had the best reliability engine wise. Thirdly, he is sponsoring HIS OWN CAR. To succeed in F1, you need sponsors to help pay for development of cars, pay the teams, etc. If you are having no income from anyone besides the team owner (unless it's Bill Gates), you're going to go under FAST. I have a feeling that the car is going to look very similar to HRTs: but with HRD all over it.
I would say good sponsors would be Chevron, ExonMobil, Microsoft, Comcast, PNC, Chase,etc.
Finally, he says he wants to do it cheaply. You must spend lots of money to do well in F1. Formula One, unfortunately, has always been about who has the most money. For Haas to have a high finishing team, he will have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars. Only in NASCAR and other spec series can you do it cheaply because money doesn't matter there, Kurt Busch was in the lowest budget team in NASCAR and won several races. If you do the cheap way in F1, you're guaranteed to be like Marussia, Caterham, or Lotus. I really hope Haas doesn't screw this up. If he is successful, F1 could possibly become one of the most popular forms of motorsport in the US. It is already 3rd, I think it could become 2nd with Haas and maybe even 1st if NASCAR keeps going down hill.
The teams aren't willing to talk about it, but Red Bull are believed to have spent close to that much.
Where did you hear that from? I could swear BMW denied it.
Showing pictures really doesn't prove anything especially since the year you've just quoted as being full of people was when NASCAR took a sharp decline as mentioned in the "what would I change about nascar thread". Also that past couple of races this year have been sold out (e.g. Darlington this past weekend)Attendance rates and viewership rates have been going down.
(2013 Food City 500, first year of gen 6 car)
(2007 Food City 500, 1st year of Gen 5 car)
Their current motorsports strategy doesn't involve F1. They implied it's not impossible, but they denied. BMW has been going to **** for years now, I doubt they'll make what I think is the right call and go back to F1.
There is some circumstantial evidence that Genii are looking to offload the team. Their general under-performance means that someone like BMW could pick them up relatively cheaply, and the Enstone facility is fairly decent. The biggest problem is that they have lost all of their key technical and managerial personnel, so any incoming owners would have to work hard to recruit.
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