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After repeatedly saying that, all things considered, entering F1 as a new team was the best option available. Please make up your mind, Gene!FW17 wrote:[-o< Gene Haas has admitted he would have been better off buying an existing Formula 1 team rather than establishing his squad as a completely new entry
Nothing AFAIK, he just told him off in the garage.Fifty wrote:What did Guiterrez say on the radio that pissed Gunther off so much?
Because a one year deal is what he would have gotten at Renault.ME4ME wrote:Decent decision by Haas. Magnussen is a decent driver, although a bit sporadic. Not sure why they put him on a 2-year deal though. If he doesn't start to deliver regularly they're stuck with him..
I think Magnussen will have to up his game considerably, especially in qualifying. The best news is Guttierez is gone. He just did not deliver. Ferrari will be aware of that, and surely drop him from their driver programme sooner or later.
Just a pitty 9 out of 10 times you only can buy a troubled F1 team and need to do large investments yourself. His results would have been similar to Renault's...FW17 wrote:[-o< Gene Haas has admitted he would have been better off buying an existing Formula 1 team rather than establishing his squad as a completely new entry
If Haas had run bought Manor last year and still did what he did this year he would have been eligible forAnthonyG wrote:Just a pitty 9 out of 10 times you only can buy a troubled F1 team and need to do large investments yourself. His results would have been similar to Renault's...FW17 wrote:[-o< Gene Haas has admitted he would have been better off buying an existing Formula 1 team rather than establishing his squad as a completely new entry
This is an argument I haven't considered yet.FW17 wrote:If Haas had run bought Manor last year and still did what he did this year he would have been eligible forAnthonyG wrote:Just a pitty 9 out of 10 times you only can buy a troubled F1 team and need to do large investments yourself. His results would have been similar to Renault's...FW17 wrote:[-o< Gene Haas has admitted he would have been better off buying an existing Formula 1 team rather than establishing his squad as a completely new entry
2015 - $69 million
2016 - $60 million
2017 - $90 million
As against
2015 - NA
2016 - $0
2017 - $0
His spend would have been
2015 - $50 million
2016- $100 million
2017 - $100 million
What ever problems there were it is not as big as this $-31 million or $-200 million at the end of 2017 season
