HRT-Problems continue?

Dick Tracy · 1 Jun 2004, 01:22 (Ref:989786)

Bloke in the bar last night told me that Skaifes engineer has resigned. Someone needs to fix this team up before it falls apart.

pete55 · 1 Jun 2004, 04:07 (Ref:989827)

That's how you get your information Dick.

Joe5619 · 1 Jun 2004, 04:14 (Ref:989833)

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Originally posted by Dick Tracy
Bloke in the bar last night told me that Skaifes engineer has resigned. Someone needs to fix this team up before it falls apart.

Problems??? I thought you where only has good as your last round.... And correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't a HRT car win the last round???

team8x3 · 1 Jun 2004, 04:40 (Ref:989843)

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Originally posted by pete55
That's how you get your information Dick.

I suppose it depends on who the bloke was

Racer Dude · 1 Jun 2004, 04:48 (Ref:989847)

If it's true, that would be the first key person to leave HRT in a long time. Skaife must be a great Boss!

Techo · 1 Jun 2004, 06:55 (Ref:989893)

Engineer : being his #1 mechanic ?

vipernz · 1 Jun 2004, 07:21 (Ref:989914)

Quote:

Originally posted by Dick Tracy
Bloke in the bar last night told me that Skaifes engineer has resigned. Someone needs to fix this team up before it falls apart.

Well, after all this is the best place to get accurate information on a Supercar team I guess... the pub after a few pints, hell after a few I'd tell ya Skaife resigned due to problems with his boss... oh wait, he is the boss.. Oh well.

I'll believe it when it hits MNews or AA, even then is that a good judge?

Hell, it may even be true, time will tell I guess.

Onlooker · 1 Jun 2004, 08:43 (Ref:989988)

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Originally posted by vipernz
hell after a few I'd tell ya Skaife resigned due to problems with his boss..

Hell after a few I'd even tell Skaife to resign for the good of forum crystal ball gazers

Aarrgh8 · 1 Jun 2004, 08:49 (Ref:989993)

Bloke in the pub told me last night:

HRT have fallen apart. No longer functioning as a race team. Still, forgetting their illustrious past - just talking current stuff, he reckons, they're the current lap record holders at Adelaide, Eastern Creek, Pukekohe, Oran Park, Sandown and Symmons Plains. He also said that they've been on the front row at every round this year except one (including having both cars on the front row at the most recent round), and were also on the front row at the AGP non-championship round. He reckons they've fallen apart to such an extent that they've only had ten Top 10 finishes this year, and at the most recent round could only manage one race win and even then only the round win.

I told him that that was pretty hopeless compared to what I know they can do, but that there's probably a few teams who would like to have fallen apart to such a hopeless mess.

vipernz · 1 Jun 2004, 09:03 (Ref:990005)

You and your mate must have had to much to drink last night Aarrgh8... Lies, all darn lies! I am sure of it!

Chronicle · 1 Jun 2004, 09:12 (Ref:990014)

Quote:

Originally posted by Dick Tracy
Bloke in the bar last night told me that Skaifes engineer has resigned. Someone needs to fix this team up before it falls apart.

Ahhh, a one post wonder. He must have been soooo pleased no-one else had used that name in the whole 10-10ths world.

team8x3 · 1 Jun 2004, 09:16 (Ref:990019)

Hate to spoil your day guys but I've just had it confirmed by a team member, looks like Dick(hate that word) is right.

105octane · 1 Jun 2004, 09:20 (Ref:990020)

LOL good one!

Aarrgh8 · 1 Jun 2004, 09:20 (Ref:990021)

So? It won't spoil our day. People move around in this business. Life goes on. Often, resignations lead teams on to better things. Campbell Little left SBR. The sun came up the next morning, and SBR seemed to recover OK.

team8x3 · 1 Jun 2004, 09:23 (Ref:990026)

Just seems to me that the "bloody big fence" that Crenno spent a decade building, is rapidly falling over under Skaifes ownership.

Aarrgh8 · 1 Jun 2004, 09:27 (Ref:990028)

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Originally posted by Aarrgh8
So? It won't spoil our day. People move around in this business. Life goes on. Often, resignations lead teams on to better things. Campbell Little left SBR. The sun came up the next morning, and SBR seemed to recover OK.

Speaking of Stone brothers - IIRC, Jason Bright and Steven Richards drove for Ross and Jim, and they both left. Seems to me that the Stones got over their departure, and jason and Steven likewise seem to be going OK in non-SBR teams.

Aarrgh8 · 1 Jun 2004, 09:32 (Ref:990033)

Don't know what happened there. Fat fingers on my behalf, I guess.

vipernz · 1 Jun 2004, 10:02 (Ref:990062)

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Originally posted by team8x3
Just seems to me that the "bloody big fence" that Crenno spent a decade building, is rapidly falling over under Skaifes ownership.

A few lads leave and their world is falling apart... god help them all I reckon.

**GTRMagic** · 1 Jun 2004, 10:33 (Ref:990094)

Actually, the psychology behind some guys leaving teams after they have achieved success happens for a number of reasons, not the least being the need for a new challenge to get them motivated.

Look at Valentino Rossi, could have named his price from Honda forever pretty much, but chose to go somewhere else to prove the bike wasnt the weapon, the rider was... and proved it to be true really early on.

Mechanics, engineers, business managers are the same... work your guts out for a goal, then achieve it... it doesnt leave much more to get thru now does it...

How many boats can you water ski behind? (maybe we should ask Mr Johnson about his newby)

Aarrgh8 · 1 Jun 2004, 11:37 (Ref:990181)

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Originally posted by GTRMagic

How many boats can you water ski behind?

Not a question I can answer all that well. I've only water-skiied a few times, and I wasn't very good. I've certainly not tried skiing behind more than one boat at a time.

**GTRMagic** · 1 Jun 2004, 11:43 (Ref:990189)

Tis a quote from Wall Street, when Bud Fox and Gordon Gecko go for a litle soulsearching...

peckstar · 1 Jun 2004, 11:46 (Ref:990197)

ive tried more than one boats

should have told them to go the same direction though

splitting pain after that

oh well we learn from our experiencies

aj_308 · 2 Jun 2004, 03:02 (Ref:991020)

so can anyone confirm that robbie starr has left HRT, or is this thread all BS?

jaytor · 2 Jun 2004, 03:05 (Ref:991023)

seriously smells of BS.

lowndes2b1 · 2 Jun 2004, 04:00 (Ref:991048)

Quote:

Originally posted by Dick Tracy
Bloke in the bar last night told me that Skaifes engineer has resigned. Someone needs to fix this team up before it falls apart.

Could he have meant RE-SIGNED perhaps

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Quote:

Originally posted by team8x3
Hate to spoil your day guys but I've just had it confirmed by a team member, looks like Dick(hate that word) is right.

Did your source actually say that it was Rob Starr that had resigned. Rumour is it he has resigned and they still let him go to the recent HRT test day :confused:. Think I'll wait for the official PR before I believe any of this.

I have heard of someone else leaving HRT soon, but it wasn't him.

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