The new F1 entrants . . . Campos, Manor, US F1 and Lotus/Proton

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Lola boss Martin Birrane thinks one of the reasons his company missed out on a 2010 Formula 1 entry was because teams' commercial packages were prioritised over technical facilities in the FIA's evaluation.

http://www.itv-f1.com/news_article.aspx?id=47459

For "teams' commercial packages" read "The Gnome's greed"


I believe that the successful teams are US F1, Campos, Manor and a Malaysian team named Lotus. It will be interesting to track how they perform in 2010 and whether the & M guy and the Gnome achieve their dream of a two-tier F1 series where the also-rans waste less on development in order to be in a position to pay more to the Gnome . . .

 

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Would be great if all of them can actually have a go at each other, would make the back of the pack more exciting than the front

It would also make for an interesting slalom course for the established teams about every 20 laps