I suspect that's what happened. He was under the impression that Stone Brothers would field two Fords (plus the Rosenberg entry) in 2013, but then they sold the team to Erebus, who decided to use the Mercedes. Van Gisbergen lost faith in their ability to give him a competitive car and wanted out, but had to resort to some pretty extreme measures to do it.
Never seen Trois Rivieres before so I'll take your word for it.
In other news MP's will be deciding the fate of the Surfers Paradise street circuit over the next couple of days.
http://www.speedcafe.com/2013/01/22/gold-coast-mps-discuss-future-of-surfers-street-race/
And a new road circuit is proposed for the Gold Coast. Unfortunatly a certain German circuit designer is said to be involved.
http://www.speedcafe.com/2013/01/12/bold-plans-for-2-5-billion-motorsport-precinct-on-gold-coast/
PS. I also didn't mind Canberra.
And it's under threat (again):
Not really. See, Canberra was built because Sydney and melbourne could not agree on which city should be the capital. So the solution was to draw a line on a map between the two of them, and then build a brand-new city to be the capital at the halfway point on that line. It's actually pretty isolated; it's not even on a major highway. These days, it performs the secondary function of keeping all of our politicians in one place and away from everyone else.
Except that most of the people criticising him for it are assuming that he always intended to deceive SBR and garner sympathy from fans, and that it was all a ploy to get out of a contract.
That had nothing to do with it. The "blue car policy" never existed. Ford encouraged teams to avoid using red when and where possible and to use blue if they could, but they never tried to force teams to stop using red and start using blue.
You do realise Luff already co drove with Lowndes in the both the enduro's last year? I mean, hell, they won Sandown and finished 3rd at Bathurst.
I think he is an overrated driver, out of 3 full time years his best result was like 17th, apart from the enduro's, and as for last year's enduro's, he only did the minimum stint required no more, the rest Lowndesy did, a great driver can carry a peanut,
Meh
There was that but they also had the Hog's Breath Cafe Badge instead of a Ford badge on the front and back of the car, and they were the only team getting financial backing from Ford, so it was a bick kick in the face by the team at Ford,
That circuit looks great mel, I'd have to say I would like to see V8SC visit there, also prefer them going to Laguna Seca instead of the Tilke Boringring at Texas,
Yes, that's what I said. as the oldest team in the country, Ford felt that DJR could survive on their own without funding. There was never any "blue car policy".
Good, my job is done here.
Anyways, I still like the non-permanent circuits more than the permanent circuits. The sight of T1 at Adelaide (Clipsal 500 layout) and the numerous chicanes at Gold Coast are a sight for sore, Canadian eyes that want to see more curb-hopping.
Knowing from experience, curb-hopping is extremely fun.
