Senna signs for Honda, will be on 09 grid!

[Scuderia_Russ]

When was this Scuderia? I drove past it last week, I think Thursday mid-day..

A few weeks ago to be fair mate.

[xpensive]

Now that Richard Branson is mentioned as a buyer of Honda F1, I am eagerly waiting to hear that Sir Paul McCartney is one of Fry's "dozen" of potential buyers. Guilt by association I guess, when Branson is reported to be friends with Adrian Reynard, who is just dying to get back to Brackley and waste somebody else's money.

[modbaraban]

:-"

[xpensive]

So now a Honda source confirms that Virgin is a bidder for the team? Sigh, they were better off with the Senor Slim story, when adventurer Richard Branson surely wishes to do the driving himself.

[joseff]

:-"

+1 to Taku.

[Sawtooth-spike]

So if Virgin do Buy Honda we will have yet another Redcar on the grid again.

I think it would be a good addition to the grid due to the fact that its not a motor company (Same as Red bull)

As for Richard Branson wanting to drive the car, Have you seen the size of him? There is no way he will fit in the car.

[xpensive]

So? I guess they will have to build a bigger car then, haven't they?

[db__]

Well it looks like there may be some news on the way according to pitpass.com

On a serious note, a source informs us that two Honda F1 transporters were spotted last night heading to Dover.

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_ ... t_id=37065

[Conceptual]

OMG!

I have been saying for months that Branson needed to get into F1, and holy cow! HE IS!

This could be great, and make no mistake. Branson is a thrill guy, but he would not let that get in the way of the business. If sponsors come to winning teams, he will do whatever is necessary to win, IE: hire top drivers, not himself.

This could be great! I am currently watching the 1995 season, and it is AMAZING to see 26-28 cars on the grid! That and the room that was still there for innovation was great as well.

I already miss it, and I am only on round 5 of the championship!

[Ciro Pabón]

... but a Virgin representative already denied it, claiming they're involved in London's Marathon, saying that Honda contacted them and not the other way around and that the deal is "in the realm of fables".

[ESPImperium]

BBC have a story on it now, so a credible and relyable source likt that cant be poopooed so much i think.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 896784.stm

Altho i can see that Embratel may not come on board now with Senna if he was to sign as im shure that Virgin would want Virgin Mobile and not Embratel on the car, unless Virgin was not a market player in Telecomunications in Brazil, avoid conflicts of intrest on the car.

I could see the Honda Engines being packages as Atlantic engines to make it Vigin-Atlantic F1 tho.

[Gridlock]

I am trying to visualize Ross Brawn in the pits, directing a riff-raff team, pulled together at the last minute by this and that.
Not vey successfully I might add.

I'm so sorry to drag this thread back from the dead, I was reviewing 09 posts to try and read up on how the BGP001 was viewed, and couldn't let this go unquoted

[jordangp]

Wow, it just goes to show

[Shrieker]

Senna should've gotten the seat back then. I think he'll prove this season why.

Regarding the car: That's why we love F1 isn't it, the unpredictability. On a side note, i still do consider the DDD as a political travesty though, it was a lost season.