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CrazyReD
17-10-04, 07:38 AM
Team Dubai for cars plans to participate in the 2006 F1 races. They are going to pay 48 million USD to make sure they get a place to participate. They have began negotiations with both Mercides and Mclaren to get mechanical help.
Originally they wanted to buy an exisiting company but thought It would be better to start a new company.
source: http://www.alwatan.com/dailyhtml/sports.html#1
(it's in arabic)
NiGhTFaCe
17-10-04, 03:14 PM
With the current giants, I dont think they would go to any where :D
Actually this is interesting.
They have the money then why not invest it in something like formula one?
it would be really great to have an arabian based team. I wonder who would be the drivers though !
NiGhTFaCe
17-10-04, 04:11 PM
it would be really great to have an arabian based team. I wonder who would be the drivers though !
Though for the drivers, they are not hard to find. You know F1 drivers how they are transfering from team to another!
Yep. What i was wondring about is, will they be planniong to introduce new drivers form the region?
We already have a circuit in bahrain.
We will be having a team from this region.
What about the drivers?!
NiGhTFaCe
17-10-04, 04:21 PM
Yeh, I got what you meant. I think they will try catching up these well known drivers, if they got the money to start a team, so I dont think it would hard to pay for a driver.
For the middle east, I dont see any F1 driver, then if they would try building a base for a new drivers, so then this would take years & years. You should start with the Kart, F3, F2 to end up with the F1.
amo_l_oman
17-10-04, 06:35 PM
After football also this :eyes:
Evi, whom did they ask for mech help :angel:
About the drivers, usually a team hires the ones who bring more money in terms of sponsors(see japanese for example); definitely these don't need money so it's a good chance to bring fresh blood as drivers.
Amo, they asked mclaren and mercedes. They believe they can do a much better job with these toys than the current one is. As if they are doing great :angel:
CrazyReD
18-10-04, 12:53 AM
hehe
well we can't really say there arn't any good drivers in the ME we never had a competition to see if we have good drivers or not. As for driver for somereason I see ralph there and hopefull an arabian driver
amo_l_oman
18-10-04, 06:34 AM
Plans for an all-new formula one team backed by Dubai's ruling Al Maktoum family have been strengthened with the announcement that a high-level collaboration with McLaren-Mercedes is being negotiated.
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of Dubai Civil Aviation and a key backer of the team, said: "Dubai is committed to developing and supporting world-class expertise in carefully targeted high-technology industries. Formula one, with its focus on technological and engineering innovation, provides the perfect environment in which to develop and demonstrate our skills in these cutting-edge areas."
The news that the Dubai consortium has decided to start from scratch rather than buy an existing team will disappoint Eddie Jordan, who has made it no secret that his Silverstone-based team are for sale. He had been in contact with the Al Maktoums and is also understood to be in negotiations with Christian Horner, the owner of the Arden formula 3000 team for whom Vitantonio Liuzzi won the 2004 international championship.
Full Article ( http://sport.guardian.co.uk/formulaone/story/0,10069,1329977,00.html) :angel:
NiGhTFaCe
18-10-04, 02:35 PM
hehe
well we can't really say there arn't any good drivers in the ME we never had a competition to see if we have good drivers or not. As for driver for somereason I see ralph there and hopefull an arabian driver
There are great drivers in the middle east if we are going to talk about the rally! But, not for the F1. Here none of the Arabs went for the F1, they are just doing the Kart, & they are not professionals.
I believe they will hire a well known driver. The money speaks! ;)
CrazyReD
18-10-04, 06:13 PM
most F1 drivers started as kart and then went to F1
NiGhTFaCe
19-10-04, 02:30 AM
most F1 drivers started as kart and then went to F1
This what I am saying! To the F1, you should start with the Kart, & here it needs years & years, so the driver can be really developed good!
Actually this is interesting.
They have the money then why not invest it in something like formula one?
it would be really great to have an arabian based team. I wonder who would be the drivers though !
For a start we could take Mbarak Al-Hajri the qatari race driver ;)
CrazyReD
19-10-04, 04:11 AM
see nighty there's a good race driver
mmm maybe Faisal Sami
NiGhTFaCe
19-10-04, 04:18 AM
see nighty there's a good race driver
mmm maybe Faisal Sami
Did you know that he won the Mercedes Benz competition for the Middle East, where he would be there in Germany at Mercedes Benz factory learning some stuff.
Anyways, back to the topic. Guys, dont mix up between typical drivers, & F1 drivers. Its something different. It takes years before going through this part of the automotor sports.
CrazyReD
19-10-04, 04:29 AM
yeah i know thats why i said his name
will the company won't be ready tom they have time to prepare drivers
NiGhTFaCe
19-10-04, 04:34 AM
If the company would take time to develop the team including the drivers, so then theres a chance of building a good base. But, I still think they would put money for some well known drivers.
Did you know that he won the Mercedes Benz competition for the Middle East, where he would be there in Germany at Mercedes Benz factory learning some stuff.
Anyways, back to the topic. Guys, dont mix up between typical drivers, & F1 drivers. Its something different. It takes years before going through this part of the automotor sports.
Mbarak Al-Hajri is not a typical driver he does all that racing stuff not with F1 but am sure he will suit it well :scratch:
NiGhTFaCe
19-10-04, 04:43 AM
Mbarak Al-Hajri is not a typical driver he does all that racing stuff not with F1 but am sure he will suit it well :scratch:
I know Mbarak Al-Hajri, & he is well known for his driving skills. Here if he is not doing F1, so then he is a typical driver, because F1 is something that totally different. Just imagine your self with that small vehicle, putting yourself in unordinary position trying to speed up to 300 km/h.
CrazyReD
19-10-04, 05:04 AM
what a rush man i'd like that :p
well they have time as long as the person has skills why not invest in him
I really hope they bring an Arabian into it
other wise i'll stick with my Ferrari
NiGhTFaCe
19-10-04, 05:18 AM
I will stick with the Ferrari all the time, I am just looking at the current situation!
CrazyReD
19-10-04, 06:05 AM
well if there's an arbian driver then i'll cheer for him anytime
NiGhTFaCe
19-10-04, 06:47 AM
well if there's an arbian driver then i'll cheer for him anytime
This is called cheering for emotional reasons, & not realstic reasons. You know we are doing this all the time.
CrazyReD
19-10-04, 08:28 AM
it's called patriotism which can be interuputed as emotoinal
but then arn't cheering for someone emotoinal ;)
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