Comments on: A1GP: The Curse of a New Car http://www.number66.net/a1gp-the-curse-of-a-new-car/ Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:05:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Justin D http://www.number66.net/a1gp-the-curse-of-a-new-car/comment-page-1/#comment-3292 Justin D Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:46:27 +0000 http://www.number66.net/2008/03/01/a1gp-the-curse-of-a-new-car/#comment-3292 The change of car was an interesting one, and one I assume that was financially incentivised by Ferrari. Of course they well be paying top wacky for the cars in the hope the Ferrari name can add some credibility to the championship, which sounds ike a waste of money. A1 will have a harder time than ever now with the advent of Superleague as well as the new F2 series (which, illogically, the FIA has licensed to compete directly against its other feeder series, GP2). Motorsport seems to be ever more populated by overpriced series, and with the prospect of a difficult financial climate there promises to be a few casualties in this market. The change of car was an interesting one, and one I assume that was financially incentivised by Ferrari. Of course they well be paying top wacky for the cars in the hope the Ferrari name can add some credibility to the championship, which sounds ike a waste of money.

A1 will have a harder time than ever now with the advent of Superleague as well as the new F2 series (which, illogically, the FIA has licensed to compete directly against its other feeder series, GP2). Motorsport seems to be ever more populated by overpriced series, and with the prospect of a difficult financial climate there promises to be a few casualties in this market.

]]> By: Asp http://www.number66.net/a1gp-the-curse-of-a-new-car/comment-page-1/#comment-3283 Asp Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:59:51 +0000 http://www.number66.net/2008/03/01/a1gp-the-curse-of-a-new-car/#comment-3283 I often have concerns about A1GP. See the (many) cancelled rounds in past years - and let's not mention to continual cock-up that was the Beijing street race. They always seem to pull themselves through it though. Let's hope they can continue this - even if it looks set to be a short season, with other rounds in question... BTW, latest news on Zandvort is that it will be points scoring round, but there'll be dropped scores from 1 round at the end of the season. For GBR, they've already not got much choice which round to drop... I often have concerns about A1GP. See the (many) cancelled rounds in past years – and let’s not mention to continual cock-up that was the Beijing street race.

They always seem to pull themselves through it though. Let’s hope they can continue this – even if it looks set to be a short season, with other rounds in question…

BTW, latest news on Zandvort is that it will be points scoring round, but there’ll be dropped scores from 1 round at the end of the season. For GBR, they’ve already not got much choice which round to drop…

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