Quote:
Originally Posted by Mak
Andrew, I to think you are wrong about A1GP. It was not in competition with any of the many "ladder" formula's. It was a new concept which looked like taking off until stupid management decisions destroyed it. The best part of the concept was that it was not driver funded and in theory the best drivers were picked. Everyone involved in it was enthusiastic and felt it was a great series. Most involved have many years experience in these "ladder" formula's and have become very cinical. It is a very sad loss to motorsport.
plus A1GP did not just employ in the winter, and recently just at David Sears Motorsports alone there has been 20+ full time redundencies due to this mis-management by A1
|
But did it take off? The series has lost serious amounts of money, teams have come and gone, private investors have funded country teams - where is the return, where are the sponsors, would TV companies ever pay to have rights to A1GP?
Personally I never bought the nation v nation concept, motorsport is about drivers, individual performances. Sure there is an overall team performance in terms of preparing and running the car, but on track it's all about the driver.
If the concept were to work at all it should be 10 teams running 2 cars each, running under country flags with 2 national drivers from each with both a drivers and 'international' championship table.
But having said that, contrived championships are very difficult to make work.