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Old 14 Jan 2006, 08:00 (Ref:1501022)   #1
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Amazed this is not on the net, yet



Any one want to spill the beans on the big resignation yesterday
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Old 14 Jan 2006, 08:05 (Ref:1501023)   #2
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Amazed this is not on the net, yet



Any one want to spill the beans on the big resignation yesterday
You obviously know, so why dont you tell us?
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Old 14 Jan 2006, 08:06 (Ref:1501024)   #3
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Well, fill us in then
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Old 14 Jan 2006, 09:06 (Ref:1501041)   #4
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Old 14 Jan 2006, 09:13 (Ref:1501045)   #5
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Maybe nobody really gives a @#*% that this person has gone.
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Old 14 Jan 2006, 09:31 (Ref:1501052)   #6
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ok I will bite!

if it is JB, that would make FPR the biggest revolving door this side of GRM
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Old 14 Jan 2006, 09:32 (Ref:1501054)   #7
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this is the sort of thread moderators should be filtering...not being involved in..wheres the transperency?
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Old 14 Jan 2006, 09:53 (Ref:1501063)   #8
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I get it!! Your cousins mates brother who is great mates with a bloke who drinks with Marcos Ambroses ex flatmates girlfreind has heard a story that the cleaner at SBR has left in a hissy fit after having to clean up Russells skidmarks in the bowl for the third time!!

If you have something to say........please tell us? If not shut up and save us desperates for all information supercar(Who are quietly going spare) the hassles of going through threads of crap about nothing!!

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Old 14 Jan 2006, 10:08 (Ref:1501068)   #9
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and dont encourage this crap moderators
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Old 14 Jan 2006, 11:13 (Ref:1501088)   #10
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I'm sure something will come out of this kmsport. Maybe you just need to take a valium or two and have a good nights sleep.
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Old 14 Jan 2006, 11:57 (Ref:1501112)   #11
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GTR, you may know something we all don't but one thing i have been told is that the grouping of FPR and Britek is causing concern at both organizations. What they intend doing about it is unknown though.
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Old 14 Jan 2006, 21:36 (Ref:1501338)   #12
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I dont know anything on this particular situation... perhaps Mr Bright will go to his own team, and get rid of the grouping issues, for both squads.....

Speculation only of course
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Old 14 Jan 2006, 23:17 (Ref:1501392)   #13
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A tear in my eye is all....

Speculation is good fun... so lets hypothesize for a sec...

If you read between the lines in the AA interview with Mr Jewell (GM, Britek) it can be construed that the 2005 deal promised to bigtime sponsor Fujitsu was not what they were ultimately delivered.

The plan, as detailed in the article, was a single Fujitsu backed car in the main series, with Jason Bright driving, using the round-restricted licence as used by Mr Owen in 2005.

In the end, the team expanded to 2 cars because Mr White, a "commercial investor" as described by the article, supplied sufficient funding to operate a car at each round of the series, and allowed the team the capacity to invest in another franchise licence slot.

Mr Bright then signs on as lead driver to FPR, meaning the Fujitsu backers need to be sold on a 2 car team for the same investment, and drivers etc. need to be sought... and presumably Mr White doesnt have to pay full rent because the car is painted in Fujitsu colours.

My White funds the buy of the ex-Thexton BA for Mr Fernandez to use in the HPDC series also in Fujitsu colours, as the original car to be used in that series was used instead by Mr White in the main game.

At season's end... Britek have been on the teev for about 14.3 nanoseconds.. nobody really knows they exist... and the bloke who helped bring the Fujitsu dollars to Britek is upset with everyone because he has had no learning, no development and more importantly no test days.

It is not beyond the realms of possibility that Fujitsu was not too pleased at all of that, and requested a significant reassessment. Which may or may not have led to Mr Bright becoming lead driver in the squad that bears his name.... and Mr Fernandez the driver of the round restricted licence.

The way I see it.. what is the point of FPR paying Mr Bright a shedload of $$, and the Britek team fiddles around and pays Mr Seton similar $$ to drive for the team. Would it not make sense for Mr Bright to be paid the big $$ by his own squad??

Then we can watch Mr Bright "put the Britek car in the top 12" as suggested by the AA article

Again, pure speculation & conjecture
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Old 15 Jan 2006, 00:26 (Ref:1501417)   #15
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Also putting Mr Seton (back) into a hopefully competitive car!
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Old 15 Jan 2006, 00:35 (Ref:1501427)   #16
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Also putting Mr Seton (back) into a hopefully competitive car!
My thoughts exactly.
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Old 15 Jan 2006, 01:30 (Ref:1501438)   #17
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Also putting Mr Seton (back) into a hopefully competitive car!
Are we looking at Seton & Winterbottom at FPR?

Who else would there be to properly fill the second FPR seat.

They would need a well recognised name next to Winterbottom's and Setons is the last big name left, regardless of if he is past it or not.
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Old 15 Jan 2006, 01:33 (Ref:1501440)   #18
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There is another player in all of this, my source has told me a high profile driver is scouting for a ride and if Bright does go to Britek then this opens the door for this driver. He wont tell me who this driver is but has told me that he has been with Ford for a long time. Maybe JB will go to Britek and JB go to FPR.
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Old 15 Jan 2006, 01:41 (Ref:1501442)   #19
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GTRMagic, now I get what you were on about! Sorry for getting grumpy because I initially thought you were just playing games with us.

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It remains pure speculation, although not impossible...........
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Old 15 Jan 2006, 05:59 (Ref:1501476)   #21
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I can't see Seto back at FPR but a Bright/Seto combo at Britek would certainly make Fujitsu happy. I still believe Seto wants an investment in a Team(should have brought a financial partner into GSR) and I thought Orrcon was a hot prospect but maybe Britek have offered him a stake. Of course this would all depend on any clauses in the sale contract when he sold out to FPR. He may not be allowed any ownership for quite some period. GTR????
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Old 15 Jan 2006, 06:13 (Ref:1501479)   #22
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If stories circulating mid year are true this guy might have more to do with drive ability rather than driving ability.
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You mean Mr Benson?

He would do well assisting the engine rotation program at SBR... that is the hottest engine shop in the series right now... strong, reliable horsepower.. even though they are doing 9 cars this year....
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Old 15 Jan 2006, 07:46 (Ref:1501490)   #24
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Yes, but Brighty has a contract with Prodrive/FPR til the end of next year
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Yes, but Brighty has a contract with Prodrive/FPR til the end of next year

Hmm, doesnt Glenn Seton have a contract with DJR till the end of this year??
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