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Many of the leading newspapers and blogs reported earlier today that Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim, the world’s second richest man, had bought the Honda F1 team. But spokesperson of Carlos Slim has issued a statement which clearly conveys that Carlos Slim wasn’t even involved in any talks with the Honda for buying the team. “There is no deal for the Honda team. There is neither agreement nor negotiations,” said the spokesperson. This means Indian Billionaire Vijay Malliya is still in the list of potential owners.
Team chief Ross Brawn said “We have enough funding to get us through to Melbourne and we still have a competitive package.” So whose going to be the next Honda F1 owner according to speculators? Bill Gates?
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While most teams are in the process and development of their all new cars for the 2009 season, Force India will not be testing until March, it has emerged. F1 test action will resume in mid January, but Force India will not get back up to speed which is sad news frankly as this team does need to improve a lot.
Following the Silverstone based team’s Barcelona outing in November, the outfit was not seen again, as designers turned their attention to the new McLaren-Mercedes collaboration for 2009. Force India will next year benefit from extensive McLaren input, including the powertrain, gearbox, hydraulics, KERS and even chassis components.
So, the car is another Mclaren literally with most components shared.
The team’s German driver Adrian Sutil is disappointed with the situation- “But I can’t change it,” he told F1’s official website. “And if I’m honest, it’s better to start in March with a good car than to test in February with a bad one.”
F1, Ferrari, Tata »
Ferrari will soon sport an Indian touch. While motor sports has been on a crash course for the past few days - with Honda pulling out of Formula One and Suzuki and Subaru exiting the World Rally Championship, in a trend reversal of sorts, Indian corporate giant Tata has widened the scope of its agreement with Ferrari for F1.
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Lewis’ assault on the 2009 F1 World Championship will depend on how good the MP4-24 will be. McLaren will reveal their 2009 car at their UK factory midway through next month. The MP4-24 - the machine in which Lewis Hamilton will defend his Formula One drivers’ title - will be unveiled at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking on January 16.
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