Hypotheticals: How would you go about establishing your own Formula 1 team?

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With the news that the Cypher Group has joined ART Grand Prix in withdrawing their 2011 entry bid and that Epsilon Euskadi is rumoured to be on the rocks (leaving a washed up singer-songwriter joining forces with a disgraced GP2 team rumoured to have backing from the son of a dictator as the only remaining entry), I've gotten to wondering: how would you go about esablishing a Formula 1 team of your own? Who would you want to drive? Who would design your car? Where would you find sponsors, and who would fill roles like team principal?

Now normally, when this kind of thread comes up, people post a dream-team line-up, usually Hamilton/Vettel or Alonso/Kubica with Martin Whitmarsh as team principal and Adrian Newey as lead designer. But let's be perfectly honest here: that's not going to happen for a freshman team. You could always run with that in the hopes that they'd give up world-class teams and drives for a completely unknown entity, but I'm going to go for the realistic approach, starting from scratch.

First of all, my team needs a name. I want something that suggests both power and speed. I'm going to go with one of the names Brawn GP considered before they became Brawn: Pure Racing. Brawn rejected this name because they didn't want to overstate their relationship with their engine supplier, but I intend to ally myself with a car manufacturer, so this isn't a problem.

Next up, I need someone to run my team. I'm a twenty-three year-old university student, so I've already used up all of my suspension of disbelief points right there. The notion that I could own and run a team is taking things a little too far. So, I need myself a team. I want someone experienced, capable, and who has expressed an interest in joining the sport. No, it's not Dave Richards, because I'm not his biggest fan - instead, I'm going to turn to Ray Mallock Limited to run the team, with Mallock himself as my team principal. And secondly, I'm going to turn to a car manufacturer to help attract sponsors. I'll use a similar arrangement to Renault and Mangrove and run the team in their name. They'll be free to buy themselves out at any time. I've considered a few here, but I've had a hard time deciding. While the Gumpert Apollo is a wild car, it's not the kind of name I'd want to use; "Gumpert" sounds like something you might find clogging up your plumbing. And while the Ascari KZ-1 is also fantastic, they're a bit too small. Hyundai expressed interest in running a Formula 1 team, but they're Hyundai; I'll pass, thanks. So I'm going to reach out to the most insane car manufacturer known to man: Koenigsegg. As a direct result, we'll be competing under a Swedish racing licence, and Christian von Koenigsegg can be involved in the design process since, like Horacio Pagani, he designs the cars that carry his name. I'll likely take a Cosworth engine to begin with and rebrand it as a Koenigsegg, with a view to acquiring McLaren engines ones they begin their development program.

Now that I've got my team in place, I need some drivers. Since I'm new, I'm probably going to need a pay driver to help bring some sponsor dollars in. But I also want someone experienced as my lead driver, and I've narrowed it down to three choices. In order, they are Adrian Sutil, Sebastien Buemi and Felipe Massa. Sutil is my ideal first choice because he's quick and he's matured to become a regular points scorer. He's also becoming a little disenfatuated with Force India because they've really shrugged off their momentum. He's shown a willingness to stick with a team, and I think that if my team were to field a car that at the very least can compete with Sauber and Toro Rosso, then maybe he will be interested. My second choice may be an odd one - Sebastien Buemi. He's not as quick as Sutil, but he may be looking for an exit strategy from Toro Rosso. Toro Rosso was created to give younger drivers experience before promoting them to Red Bull, but the problem is that with Red Bull being so competitive, they can have their pick of any driver. As such, doors may be closed to Buemi, amking him more receptive to a move. Finally, there's Felipe Massa. He's struggled with tyres a little (okay, a lot) this season, but he's onto a good thing with Ferrari. Getting him onto my side might require some dirty tricks on my behalf by exploiting the idea of an Alonso-centric Ferrari, and Massa deserves more credit than that. So all things being considered, Adrian Sutil will be my lead driver. I'd try and acquire the services of Andrew Shovlin as race engineer (formerly with Jenson Button's and now working with Michael Schumacher's).

My second driver is, inescapably, a pay driver. But unlike the bad old days of the mid-1990s when any man and his dog could get a seat if they waved a bit of cash around, the tiered system of feeder series means that even the meanest pay driver (*cough*Michael Herck!*cough*) has to have some talent. And right now, there's four possible candidates in GP2: Pastor Maldonado, Sergio Perez, Dani Clos and Giedo van der Garde. Maldonado is quick - especially on street circuits - but is as reckless as an early Felipe Massa. Dani Clos is also fast, but he's only just come good and I'd want to watch him some more before committing to him. And I don't know much about Giedo van der Garde. That leaves Perez, who is quick and consistent and brings sponsorship from Telmex. It's a slam-dunk, really: Sergio Perez becomes my second driver. His sponsorship means that my team is now officially known as Telmex Pure Koenigsegg. A bit of a mouthful, but I kind of like it. For his race engineer, I'd try and poach Mark Slade from Renault. He's Vitaly Petrov's race engineer at the moment, and I think his shool teahcer-like approach to his drivers is appropriate for a rookie.

On to test drivers. Heaven forbid one of my regulars should get injured or sick, so I need a backup. I was impressed at the way Giacomo Ricci was winning races in a DPR in the GP2 Asia series, so he'll be one of them. He's a bit of an unknown element, so unfortunately for Giacomo, he'll have to be my test driver. My reserve driver is another easy choice. Instead of looking at GP2, I'm crossing the pond to Formula 2, where I can think of only one man for the job: Kazim Vasiliauskas, who has been fast and consistent, but trapped in a series that seems to be going nowhere. I've also got my eye on Mihai Marinescu who has been solid in his debut year; Vasiliauskas gets the call-up as reserve driver (and second driver should Sutil decide against my team), with Marinescu joining Ricci in testing.

Now, I've got my drivers and my team established. Money is flowing in, but I need more to sustain myself. I need more sponsors, and for that I'm going to look to the three markets Bernie Ecclestone is trying to break into: Russia, America and South Africa. I'll acquire one of my technical partners from Russia: Lukoil. Banking and finance companies are also popular with teams right now, so I'll pick up Visa from America. And telecom providers are also popular, but I already have one in the shape of Telmex. For that reason, I'm going left of field and running with something a little decadent: African diamond consortium De Beers.

Finally, I'm going to need a livery. We'll go with something like this: light blue with streaks of white. Because of Lukoil's presence in the team, I'm also going to work red in as well. Since I like the conept of an asymmetrical livery (about the one thing BAR had going for their livery in 1999, ugly as it was), I'm going to work that in. First up, Telmex decals will go on the engine cowling and front wing, with the TM logo on the rear wing endplates and the space between the sidepod and front suspension mounting. Visa get the space on one of the sidepods and the front side of the rear wing, whilst Lukoil will occupy the the other sidepod and the back side of the rear wing. Visa and Lukoil's positions will be reversed between Sutil's car and Perez's. As for De Beers, they'll appear on the nose of the car and get several smaller decals like TW Steel on the Renault R30.

So, in summary:

Telmex Pure Koenigsegg
#26 - Adrian SUTIL
#27 - Sergio PEREZ
#43 - Kazim VASILIAUSKAS (Mihai MARINESCU, Giacomo RICCI)

Team Principal: Ray MALLOCK
Designer: Christian VON KOENIGSEGG
Race Engineers: Andrew SHOVLIN and Mark SLADE

Engine: COSWORTH, re-badged as KOENIGSEGG
Gearbox: X-TRAC
Tyres: PIRELLI
Fuels and Lubricants: GAZPROM NEFT

Sponsors: Telmex, Visa, De Beers

Livery based on this:
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So, now I'm opening the door to you: how would you set up your own team? You can be as detailed or as vague as you like, as fantastical or realistic as your heart's desire. The above might be a lot, but that's just me - I have time on my hands.
 
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I'll have a proper go at this later but pretty much everyone is going to design a Lotus-esque newcomer team. You ideally want the most reliable and experienced team possible to provide a solid base to build from and stability to help bring in sponsors. You don't want too many newbie drivers and engineers even though they might be faster, they are unproven.
Lotus, Virgin and HRT are all decent new teams actually, they tick most of those boxes.

Really, a successful F1 team just needs to be sensible and well organised. It doesn't really matter where the money comes from, be it from pay drivers, engine deals, big backers....you just need to make sure your overall team is going to spend whatever budget they have sensibly. You just need money. All the failure teams have struggled through lack of funds.

But anyway, for the fun of it I will come back and post my team later.
 
Oh, I'm aware that most of them would be the same. This is lagely for fun, but I'm curious as to the thought processes people put into their decisions. I doubt Sutil and Buemi will be anyone else's first chocies, for instance.
 
One thing I'd to is try and steal Esteban Guitierrez from Sauber, it was obvious since 2008 he's a future F1 megastar. I may have a go at this later.
 
Here's what I would do.
First, for sponsors, I would use Irish companies, like UPC or eircom (can't pick both as they both provide telecommunications services).

I will try to find some talent in F1 feeder series, such as GP2, GP2 Asia, etc. I've been hearing good things about Pastor Maldonado, so he'll do. I would also want an experienced driver, so I'll use Jarno Trulli. For a test driver, Kazuki Nakajima will do.

As for an engine, seeing as Nissan don't provide 2.4-litre V8s, and Renault engines may be too expensive, I would choose Cosworth, like every starter team.

I would let Dallara design the car, and fine-tune it in a wind tunnel.

But what about funding? Meh, I'll just rob Anglo-Irish Bank. :lol:
 
Right, this is a headscratcher.

I would return to Spyker to try and get some financial backing and sponsorship, to form Medion Spyker Racing. I don't trust the Ferrari 056 that powered the original Spyker F8-VII. I would approach Mercedes and buy powerplants from them instead. The designer of choice would be Ed Wood, designer of the current Williams car.

Team Principal: Tadashi Yamashina
Chief Designer: Ed Wood
Race Engineer #1:Gabriele Tredozi
Race Engineer #2:Chris Dyer (a long shot, but I'd tempt him away from Ferrari with promises of free sweets and a ping pong table)

Driver #1: Vitantonio Liuzzi
Driver #2: Jolyon Palmer
Test/Reserve:Maxime Jousse

Chassis: Spyker FD10
Engine: Mercedes Benz FO 108X
Tyres: Michelin
Main Sponsor: Spyker, Medion
Minor Sponsors: Saab, Qinetiq, Rhino's
Colour Scheme: Orange, Grey and Blue
 
I think I'll just do the old Prodrive entry we've been waiting on for 3 years now.

Team Name: Gulf Aston Martin Racing
Run by Prodrive from their UK base in Banbury.

Being based in the UK, there is already a huge supplier network for the existing F1 teams and it allows easy and cheap(er) travel to all of the races and tests. Using the ex-WRC facilities, only a windtunnel and various design facilities are needed. Prodrive itself is highly experienced at running at the very front of several wildly different motorsport series ranging from BTCC, WRC and Le Mans (both GT and LMP classes). They have experience too of running BAR in Formula 1.
Team Principal: David Richards
Obvious choice but also comes with vast experience already of F1 after successfully running BAR during their time of success. Has a sensible head and won't take risks with the budget. Has the necessary contacts in the motorsport industry and doesn't play silly with drivers.
Technical Director: Mike Gascoyne
Another easy choice - a master it seems at organising smaller teams. Success at almost every team he has been to and has masses of experience. He might not get the team to race wins, but he will certainly construct a solid base to work from.
Race Engineers: Whomever the drivers preferred (within reason). I believe more in driver-engineer relationships rather than any particular engineers being better than others.
1st Driver: Anthony Davidson
A long-time Prodrive driver, already known to the team and has a proven record of solid driving in smaller teams. An experienced test driver who can help drive the development.
2nd Driver: Jan Charouz
Another Prodrive driver, bringing in money from Charouz Racing Systems alongside Gravity's young driver programmes. An unproven rookie who has had limited success but he will bring in a bit of money to prop the team up.
Test/Reserve Driver: Alex Wurz
A very highly rated test driver and decent enough to finish races if he needed to come in as a replacement during the season.

Chassis Design: Lola
Using their existing partnership with Lola, Prodrive would have their chassis designed and developed by Lola for the first couple of seasons until they can build their own windtunnels and facilities.
Engine: Cosworth
A cheap and easily acquired powerplant for the first season. Attempt to negogiate for Renault or Mercedes engines later.
Tyres: Pirelli (not really a choice is it?)
Gearbox: Prodrive
Using the ex-WRC facilities, Prodrive can easily produce and develop their own gearbox which should be more reliable than the Xtrac.

Main Backers:
Middle Eastern backers that part own Aston Martin with David Richards.
Main Sponsors: Gulf, Aston Martin.
Minor Sponsors: Geosan, Orange.
Personal Sponsors: Skoda, Charouz Racing Systems.

This team would clearly have a bit more money behind it than most but would still be restricted budget wise initially, using Cosworth power and a Lola chassis to start with. After building the team up after a couple of seasons, they would be able to bring in bigger sponsors to tie up with the famous Aston Martin name. This would provide the budget to seek better engines and develop their own chassis.
The drivers the team would aim for later would be:
Rubens Barrichello, Heikki Kovalainen, Timo Glock, Paul Di Resta, Gary Paffett, Nick Heidfeld or Mark Webber.

Using Charouz and Gravity, the team would also begin building up a young driver programme to search for rising stars and later attempt to achieve championship success with a classic experience+rookie pairing such as Barrichello + rookie.
 
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I've thought about this quite a few times actually, I'll have a proper go at this later on once I remember the specifics.
 
It's a tad unrealistic, but it's a possibility.

Name: Psycho Drive Racing

Team Principal: Flavio Briatore
I know he's currently banned (or whatever), but I don't think I could go wrong with Briatore, Crash-gate excluded.

Chief Technical Director: Geoff Willis
In an ideal world, it'd be Rory Byrne. But he's retired now, and still quite loyal to Ferrari, so I'm gonna go for a realistic option; Geoff Willis. Perhaps he hasn't got the ability to produce a championship winning car, but his time at BAR was promising and he should be easy enough to lure away from Hispania.

Race Engineers: Following on from Ardius, I think driver preference is key.

1st Driver: Nick Heidfeld
Probably a tad expensive, but I stand by Nick being among the best drivers for a new team. Experience is crucial, and also, with the engines the cars run, he'd be more knowledgeable than most into how the engine can be integrated into the chassis and provide great feedback overall. And, after all, he wasn't called Quick Nick for nothing :sly:

2nd Driver: Marcus Ericsson.
Simply put, if there's a guy that can storm into Japans' Formula 3 division and win the title in his debut season, he needs to be going up in the world. Perhaps a little too young for a full time racing seat, but Algersuari has done alright so far.

Test Driver: Alexander Wurz
Not much to say about Wurz, but I'd be happy having him as a test driver.

2nd Test/Reserve Driver: Rio Haryanto
Has done well in Formula BMW, meaning if fortunes are good he could bring back a little BMW money. Plus I like how Rio's career is shaping up. Could go places if given the chance, certainly.

Chassis Design:Toyota
Yep, playing this card. As it currently stands, the design isn't compatible with 2011 regulations, but it'd be easier to buy this and simply adjust it to comply with the regulations would be more cost effective. Not necessarily fast, but should be a midfield contender at the very least.

Engine Design:Rebadged BMW engines
I'd simply endeavour to approach BMW and buy their engines off of them. Powerful, somewhat reliable and Heidfeld would be most used to them. Probably not easy to integrate into the Toyota chassis, but... well... I want a BMW engine in a Toyota :D

Tyres: Pirelli

Gearbox:Toyota
Probably going to be a hassle mating it to a BMW engine, but better than integrating a BMW transmission and better than an Xtrac.

Main Backers: Self funded and supported by a variety of Japanese/Asian businesses.

Main Sponsors: Panasonic, Dome.
Panasonic were with Toyota all those years, so they should be somewhat easy to tempt back if the team can meet their conditions. And I think Dome would like another crack at F1. It's certainly been a while :sly:

Minor Sponsors: RAYS.

Livery colours: Black, Red, Chrome


Perhaps this team requires a little bit more money and knowledge than most, but I like the idea of it. I'm thinking of tapping into the Japanese market, which has been left practically untouched for 2010 (aside from Kobayashi). As such, I can see the drivers being replaced by Japanese ones after a couple of seasons, unless Ericsson and Rio manage to suitably impress.
 
I think a lot of people underestimate the amount of money and time it would take to "simply" change the 2010 Toyota design. You can't simply change out the double diffuser and expect it to be midfield. It would require a proper development cycle which would be almost as costly as simply designing your own car in the first place. Not to mention you'd basically be reverse-engineering the design to understand the original philosophy of it (especially considering a lot of Toyota personnel have now been hired by other teams now).
Also, a 2010 design in 2011 will naturally be a few seconds off the pace straight away. Consider that the 2011 cars will feature all of the developments of 2010 too, such as f-ducts, flexi-wings, blown diffusers, etc.

You could look at the 2010 Toyota as a base for ideas but other than that I don't think its worth using unless you're really struggling for cash and you really are going to simply stick a new diffuser on and send it out. But its never going to be midfield, even if Hispania or someone had used it this year it would have been struggling for pace.

Not to mention that the development for that car was stopped in November 2009 whereas everyone else had a good few months more designing for 2010. And we don't know when Toyota started designing it either. For all we know, it could only have 2 months development time spent on it. AND then we don't know even if it was actually a good car, it could be a 2007 Honda. Just because you have a good year and a big budget, doesn't necessarily mean the next year's car is a midfield contender for certain.

People keep saying that Hispania or someone might use it for next year but I really doubt it. If they do I will be very surprised and even more surprised if its any good at all.

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Nothing wrong with using it for a fantasy team of course, but its just I felt that needed to be said.
 
It's just easier having a base chassis ready rather than pouring money into a new design. Even if you had to completely tear apart the rear end (which you'd have to do to properly facilitate the BMW engine and blown diffuser regardless), it'd still be more cost effective, even if not by much. And if you're buying all of Toyotas' previous gear and equipment, you'd be a fool to not invest in the previous data. Or Pascal Vasselon :P

I'm merely taking after Super Aguri's example, except instead of taking a V10 engined car and hopelessly butchering it, I'm at least entering the realms of workable possibility and merely butchering the rear of a car of unknown quantity :P

And you'll at least give Toyota the benefit of the doubt by at least not letting the TF110 being slower than a Hispania. At least Toro Rosso pace, if the TF109 was anything to go by :P

/sorryofftopic :sly:
 
I'm afraid I can't do this without bringing in fictional characters, but I'd say I'd need an ungodly amount of funds, about five-ten years, and some technical minds not only from F1 but other areas as well, particularly Aerospace.

I don't want to jump straight in, mind you. I think it'd be best to start in lower formulas, perhaps even developing a kit for the '12 Indycar series cell, before jumping into the Great Motorsport Moneypit.

I'm gonna skip the drivers, team principal, engineers, etc, since I don't know anyone IN F1, and some of the team would be from elsewhere, anyway, and I'd probably want to be Principal meself. For the car...

Renault engine - thoroughly gone-through with a fine-tooth comb and badged a "Nissan." We get raw castings. We make better engine than they can, and perhaps tell them what they could improve.
Chassis - Developed over several years with experience from other formulas and the Dallara/Us car.
Gearbox - We'll probably make our own, or contract that out to a supplier like Getrag. Even make it a variant of the Nissan DCT...oh, wait, then I couldn't use Launch Control.
Tires - Maybe if I wave some money under Bridgestone's nose...Or Yokohama's...Looks like Pirelli's the tire of choice for most everyone here, so I'll just jump on that bandwagon.
Main Backers - Whoever we can find, who would be interested. More than likely, in the Middle East and Asia. Just gotta make sure they're legit - no Russian Mob. ((If this were my fantasy world, a certain Royal Family would probably be the main funding...))
Main Sponsors - Nissan, Calsonic Kansei
Minor Sponsors - Impul, Tamiya, etc...though with my luck I'd probably end up stickering it up like the Skoal Bandit...
Livery - Calsonic Kansei Blue/white lettering. I'd try to keep the other sponsor stickers to a minimum...

Team Name: Nissan Calsonic Scuderia Prower
 
It's just easier having a base chassis ready rather than pouring money into a new design. Even if you had to completely tear apart the rear end (which you'd have to do to properly facilitate the BMW engine and blown diffuser regardless), it'd still be more cost effective, even if not by much. And if you're buying all of Toyotas' previous gear and equipment, you'd be a fool to not invest in the previous data. Or Pascal Vasselon :P

I'm merely taking after Super Aguri's example, except instead of taking a V10 engined car and hopelessly butchering it, I'm at least entering the realms of workable possibility and merely butchering the rear of a car of unknown quantity :P

And you'll at least give Toyota the benefit of the doubt by at least not letting the TF110 being slower than a Hispania. At least Toro Rosso pace, if the TF109 was anything to go by :P

/sorryofftopic :sly:

You would have to modify the entire car though, not just the rear end. You design the whole car to work as a whole - the front wing being the most important bit as it hits the air first. Then everything after has to work with that too. If you change anything on the car, you have to take into account its effects across the car - a new diffuser would need to take in air differently to the old one. Hence like I said, you would have to reverse-engineer the entire TF110 design to understand the airflow across the whole car into the diffuser so you can design that new diffuser.

The Super Aguri - Arrows example isn't really the same, Super Aguri changed very little on that car and they didn't really need to as there were no big regulation changes from 2002 to 2006. Nothing like having to redesign a diffuser anyway!

Gearbox - We'll probably make our own, or contract that out to a supplier like Getrag. Even make it a variant of the Nissan DCT...oh, wait, then I couldn't use Launch Control.

There isn't any Launch Control in F1 anymore, the drivers have to manually lift the clutch using additional paddles on the steering wheel.
 
Bonus points for the most multi-cultural effort. So far, I have the following: Swedish-Australian team run by a British outfit fielding a German and a Mexican driver with sponsors from Russia, South Africa and America and a reserve team made up of a Lithuanian, an Italian and a Romanian. That's a grand total of eleven different countries involved ...
 
I remember only bits and pieces, and like Jim, I can't do this without bringing in a fictional entity, or several...

Name: True Force F1

Team Principal: Ross Brawn (With a name like "True Force" tactics are key, wouldn't you say?)

Chief Technical Director: Antonio Lucci

Race Engineers: Not too familiar with many of these guys, so I'll go a similar route to what Ardius suggested.

1st Driver: Michael Bernhardt, 29 (Texas, USA)
A promising individual who won 6 of the 10 GP2 series events, immensely talented and prides himself on getting to know the car at every corner and providing as much critical feedback as possible. We believe he has a background as having been a mechanic.

2nd Driver: Bruno Senna, 26 (Brazil, South America)
Another promising driver who just needs to be placed in the right car. Hopefully we can provide just that for him.

Test Driver: Christian White, 32 (Brisbane, Australia)
A semi-retired driver who has two podium finishes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and served a brief stint in F1 that resulted in him placing 5th overall.

Chassis Design: Dallara TF011
Engine Supplier: Lamborghini V8t
Tires: Pirelli
Gearbox: Lamborghini

Main Backers: Self funded by True Force Motorsport
Main Sponsors: UPS, Samsung
Minor Sponsors: Telefonica

Livery color: White, Dim Grey, Red
 
Um, did you just put yourself in the car as lead driver?

:lol:

No. That is, however, a name I use when playing racing games though. The only similarity between myself and my in-game alter ego of sorts is the first name, nothing more.
 
So for all appearances, intents and purposes, it's you. There has certainly never been a Michael Burhardt in GP2, much less one who won 60% of the races. I'm not criticising you or anything; I'm just interested in the thought processes people have put into this. Everything in your write-up seems relatively realistic - sure, it's not the hardcore realism that I opted for - and it jsut really stands out that you've gone for the fictionalised option.
 
So for all appearances, intents and purposes, it's you. There has certainly never been a Michael Burhardt in GP2, much less one who won 60% of the races. I'm not criticising you or anything; I'm just interested in the thought processes people have put into this. Everything in your write-up seems relatively realistic - sure, it's not the hardcore realism that I opted for - and it jsut really stands out that you've gone for the fictionalised option.

Well, I don't want to go too off-topic here but the name is a hybrid of my own first name and Timo's last (with a "t" of course). I don't remember how I even arrived at such, but as you said - for all intensive purposes, yes, it is me in a sense. The only two people who aren't fictitious are, well, we all know who they are. :p

I've actually wanted to legally change my last name to Bernhardt for about a good ten minutes, then I suppose you could say I faltered. I have wanted to be a driver but I honestly wouldn't even know where to begin...
 
I'd probably buyout a team like HRT then hire these guys.

Team Name: RodLila GP

Team Principal: Tristan Alleyne
Chief Designer: Bob Bell
Race Engineer #1:Rob Smedley
Race Engineer #2:Guillaume Rocquelin

Driver #1: Kimi Raikkonen
Driver #2: Kamui Kobayashi
Test/Reserve: Bruno Senna

Chassis: Sauber C29
Engine: Mercedes Benz FO 108X
Fuel: Total
Tyres: Pirelli
Title Sponsor: Mitsubishi UFJ
Minor Sponsors: Sony, Logitech, NetFlix, Nokia
Colour Scheme: Red, Black and White with Red wheels.
 
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I'd probably buyout a team like HRT then hire these guys.

Team Principal: Tristan Alleyne
Chief Designer: Bob Bell
Race Engineer #1:Rob Smedley
Race Engineer #2:Guillaume Rocquelin

Driver #1: Kimi Raikkonen
Driver #2: Kamui Kobayashi
Test/Reserve: Bruno Senna

Chassis: Sauber C29
Engine: Mercedes Benz FO 108X
Tyres: Pirelli
Title Sponsor: Mitsubishi UFJ
Minor Sponsors: Sony, Logitech, NetFlix, Nokia
Colour Scheme: Red, Black and White with Red wheels.

Yeah, I'll be seeing you in court. :p

Bruno Senna is on my team!
 
How would I establish an F1 team? I would get a bunch of money, hire a bunch of people, build a couple of cars, and get to racing!

This team see's Ford's return to Formula One as an engine supplier. It's the first time Ford had made it's F1 engines without the Cosworth name. And the team is partially owned by Ford and myself, since I'm a multi-millionare (not really, it's for pretend;)). The team name consist of my last name, Ford, and Despari, which is what T9 would spell out on my phone when I would type "Ferrari."

Team Name: Despari-Hollis Ford Grand Prix.

Team Principal: Mario Andretti- He has plenty of experience in both racing in F1 and heading a team.

Team Engineer: Adrian Newey- I stole him from Red Bull by offering more money, they will never forgive me!

Drivers: #1: Kimi Raikkonen- Stolen from Starish F1 with the promise of more money. Also marks his return to Formula One.
#2: Danica Pratrick- Because F1 needs another female Formula One driver, and she's pretty good and pretty... well pretty!

Test Drivers: #1 Christian Klien- An experienced test driver.
#2: astrosdude91- Nobody said I couldn't!


Chassis: AD91-001
Engine: Ford Racing F1 V8
Tires: Goodyear

Main Sponsors: Ford, LG, Fed Ex, GoDaddy.com (Because of Danica).
Minor Sponsors: Royal Purple, Powerade.

Livery: Blue and Silver, with red accents. And the Ford Oval on the side of the Car in a cool angle.
 
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It's fair to say the possibilities for this are endless.

My team would see Mugen-Honda engines return to racing and I would get sponsoring from Motul (safter the Mugen Motul Civic Si Race Car).

So:
Motul Mugen Racing
1st driver: Lucas di Grassi (promising enough for me)
2nd driver: Paul di Resta (because he NEEDS a drive. Why Force India haven't given him a try is beyond me)
Test driver: Bertrand Baguette (was in contention for a Renault seat I believe?)
Reserve driver: Jonathan Summerton (probably would have driven for USF1)

Team Principal: Johnny Herbert (former race winner and driver, like Gerhard Berger, and he runs Toro Rosso)
Designer: James Key (just feel he'd be best)
Race Engineers: Driver preference as Ardius and Terronium have already said

Engine: Mugen-Honda
Tyres: Pirelli
Fuels and Lubricants: Motul

Sponsors: Motul, OKI, Showa (also to supply suspension)
Livery based on Mugen Motul Civic Si race car:
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Name: (British Airways)? (Qantas)? Goldrush racing
Engine: Renault RS27 V8 (Its used by red bull so its got to be half decent)
Chassis: Toyota (then chopped up and developed)

Drivers:
1. Ralf Shumacher
2. Bruno Junqueira
Test Driver: Takuma Sato or Scott Speed

(You may be confused by my choice of Bruno, However in 2000 it was either him or Jenson Button for the drive at williams and they after only a couple of sessions in the car were pretty my equal however Frank Williams pipped for Jenson and Bruno has ended up struggling for drives and is now truck racing in brazil)


Team Manager: Me (I want to have abit of control over my team) and Flavio Britore (He has no job at the momment so would probably take the position plus he has lots of experiance)
Technical Engineer: Mike Gascoyne
Race Engineers: Let the drivers choose because hopefully that would make the team happier and stop arguments

Sponsors: An airline preferably because then I ask them to use their wind tunnels.
+ a technology company (panasonic)?, (Intel)?
 

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