[cutepeaches]

Ok the F1 will be coming to Korea but it seems that Hyundai is going to start its own F1 team with Samsung...

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/motorsp...-in-f1-by-2010/

Anyone else can confirm this??

[ZiGeNX77]

From article in cutepeaches' posted link:



Korean car maker Hyundai is rumoured to be readying its own Formula One team to start racing by as early as the 2010 F1 season. The launch of the new team would coincide with Korea’s first F1 event, which is also scheduled for 2010, at its new circuit in the country’s south.

News publication Automobilwoche, reported that Hyundai has been planning a move in to F1 for some time now. It was originally planning to buy the old Minardi team or possibly even Jaguar or Williams, but none of these deals went through. The latest news suggests that Hyundai would likely start its own in team in a possible partnership with Samsung, and that the companies are currently in discussions with F1 ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone.

F1’s new rules, which are reducing the costs of running a team, have made it possible for companies that previously may have avoided entering to change suit, and the move would also tie in perfectly with Hyundai’s plans to be a dominant car maker by the end of the decade. If Hyundai does enter F1, we hope that its racing technology may spur on more performance models from the Korean brand.




It sounds like it is possible that more companies will enter with the new rules F1 has, mentioned from this article. F1 is nice, but I miss Supertouring.

[azn akira]

at least they will give the super aguri team somebody to beat

[ZiGeNX77]

at least they will give the super aguri team somebody to beat

I'm not familiar with super aguri, what team is that?

[azn akira]

I'm not familiar with super aguri, what team is that?

they are new to f1 this year. its supposed to be an all japanese team. they using a 2002 arrows chassis and a new honda engine, so obviously they are pretty slow. however they showed a lot of improvement over the season. in brasil sato finished 10th, while setting the 9th fastest lap and yamamoto set the 7th fastest lap

[Jay-C]

Yea, Super Aguri defitnely has improved over the year. But Hyundai...Maybe if they enter F1 and start winning, it might remove the stigma of crap, slow, boring cheap cars that company has...

[azn akira]

start winning? lol yeah dont expect that to happen any time soon. just because they are in f1 doesnt mean their cars will be any good. they will probably still make slow, boring, cheap cars. look at renault