WhiteBlue wrote:The thing that sounds so incredible is the plan to manufacture their own chassis from sratch. Unless I'm very mistaken all top US single seater series have their chassis and partivularly the monocoque made in Europe. Where is he going to get the specialized designers, laminators, vehicle dynamic engineers with experience in F1 tyres, gear box, hydraulics, electronics and KERS suppliers and the people who can interface with these guys who all come from Europe. It is going to be a hack of a challenge.
Are all the Indy cars and former C.A.R.T. cars made in Europe?
You don't need an F1 person to make an F1 car, everyone has to start from somewhere, and the fraternity is not so tightly closed that nobody can get in to it anymore. It's a racing car, with dimension, and specs. Users on our forum are making virtual cars, that 10 years ago, likely would have won the championship if they were built.
You hire people for your team, and if they are from other countries, they will relocate. If your dream is to be part of an F1 team, and that team is not in Europe, most aspiring people would move stateside. I would move to Europe for an F1 job.
Bridgestone has a representative that will give all the data the team needs for tires. Everything will be done so they can provide tires to them.
Assuming that America can not figure out something that Europe can is about the only stupid thing I've seen from you WB
KERS, gearbox, engine can all be purchased. You don't need to be a gearbox ninja to change sprockets for ratios.
The talent is in the states, and if is not, it can be brought in. Carbon laying? Look at Voyager and Spaceship 1. You think those kids can lay carbon fibre?
Carbon is not as hard as one might think. its a sheet and some resin. Most fibreglass guys can do carbon, and one will be able to step up to the challenges of F1 body making.
I guess what I am trying to say, is at the end of the day, they are tubs with wheels and engines.
As much as everyone seems to think Peter Windsor is an idiot, he knows more then us, and knows more people in F1 then all of us put together.
The expression "It's not what you know, it's who you blow" applies here, and Windsor has been blowing the whole paddock for years.
If, for example, Toyota decide to hang up their hat, and there are two race drivers out of work. Trulli has always given Peter the time of day when he asked, unlike, say, Kimi, who seems to avoid him like the plague, who is going to get the nod if either of them come knocking?
This scenario with Windsor applies to all kinds of folk, that he has been interviewing, eating lunch with, and building a relationship with for years. These people are all over F1.
I guess I am sending + vibes his way, because I want F1 to become an international sport again. Europe is one big country now, and the middle east, is the middle east. the 350,000,000 people in North America want racing again, and that will will drive the team to get the talent it needs,
over time.
The negativity here seems to spawn from somewhere... I just can't figure out why people seem to HATE Windsor, as opposed to "not being a fan".
