Posted by ashleigh on
August 30, 2006
Midland sale getting closer?
It looks like the sale of the Midland F1 team is getting closer.
An announcement that part of the consortium to buy them is none other that Dutch sportscar manufacturer Spyker is involved in the purchase of the team.
A statement from their website said “Spyker Cars NV and the M-Consortium confirm that currently negotiations are taking place with the owner of Midland F1 with respect to a possible acquisition by Spyker of the Midland F1 team,”
This is good news for the team, not only will the Spyker brand get better recognition on the international market.
It may also be good news in another way, the company has a good relationship with the VW group, as that is where they source the engines for there cars from (Audi). Even the Spyker C8 double 12R which competed at the Le Mans 24 hours used an Audi engine.
Could this be another possibility for the VAG group to enter into the F1 circus?
Posted by ashleigh on
April 26, 2006
Rumours and thoughts
My Curious Bystander this week takes a look at the VAGroup. It seems that few people can understand why they are not in some way tied into F1. Yes the old argument that they are in Rally (with Skoda) touring cars (with Seat) and Le Mans (with Audi) goes some way to using the companies competition budget up. However can it stay that way for much longer?
Both BWM and Mercedes have got 'big' teams in F1 now, and if VW want to compete at the same level selling cars surely they need to compete at the same level in racing.
