2012 Silly Season - Page 84 - 10-Tenths Motorsport Forum

peckstar · 1 Mar 2012, 02:42

St00ge · 1 Mar 2012, 03:10

Well didn't they balls it up for the last couple of years and sold the whole car coverage to Mother for less than they should of.. So maybe they have learnt from their mistakes..

madman16 · 1 Mar 2012, 04:35

Or is the fact that Thompson believes he's too good for the tekno drive and deserves something better even though he has yet to prove himself as anything more than a good "dunlop series" driver

Mixer · 1 Mar 2012, 05:37

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Originally Posted by SilverSpeed

And I believe Thompson would have got the drive at Tekno if had as much money as Patrizi did.

I believe Thommo was offered the drive but declined it, you think he was offered "you pay this much and get the drive"? Its not the way I thought it was reported but who I am to know...

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Originally Posted by madman16

Or is the fact that Thompson believes he's too good for the tekno drive and deserves something better even though he has yet to prove himself as anything more than a good "dunlop series" driver

He was fairly burnt by the PWR drive I think, but he's certainly got an odd reputation since - no good in the wet? Difficult to work with? Up himself?

osrg · 1 Mar 2012, 07:10

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Originally Posted by madman16

Or is the fact that Thompson believes he's too good for the tekno drive and deserves something better even though he has yet to prove himself as anything more than a good "dunlop series" driver

This ^^^ is what I was alluding to earlier.......

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Originally Posted by Mixer

Up himself?

...... And that.

rich07 · 1 Mar 2012, 07:34

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Originally Posted by Mixer

He was fairly burnt by the PWR drive I think, but he's certainly got an odd reputation since - no good in the wet? Difficult to work with? Up himself?

So if he is any of these things-does anyone know this for real or is this just hearsay? Im looking for first hand experiences not what my brother's cousins sister said...

ForumNick · 1 Mar 2012, 08:33

From my '1st hand experience' (albeit a few years ago) Andrew was a delight to deal with on every level !
Unfortunately (for Andrew?) the same couldn't be said for Mr Thompson Snr.

Whilst I don't know if Thompson Snr. still has the same level of control over Andrew (and his career)... I'd wager that he still controls the purse strings?

Andrew was definitely 'burnt' in the PWR deal!
IIRC the only reason that PWR persevered through that '08 season (after announcing it would be closing down and selling its RECs) was because of a 'watertight' contract, already in place, to run a car for that season!

leothedrummer · 1 Mar 2012, 10:18

Night racing at Adelaide?

http://www.v8supercars.com.au/champi...9/default.aspx

rich07 · 1 Mar 2012, 10:55

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Originally Posted by ForumNick

From my '1st hand experience' (albeit a few years ago) Andrew was a delight to deal with on every level !
Unfortunately (for Andrew?) the same couldn't be said for Mr Thompson Snr.

Whilst I don't know if Thompson Snr. still has the same level of control over Andrew (and his career)... I'd wager that he still controls the purse strings?

Andrew was definitely 'burnt' in the PWR deal!
IIRC the only reason that PWR persevered through that '08 season (after announcing it would be closing down and selling its RECs) was because of a 'watertight' contract, already in place, to run a car for that season!

Thanks for sharing. Maybe he has changed since then, hopefully not.

**GTRMagic** · 1 Mar 2012, 11:11

LDM + Mr Douglas iSelect

You may have thought having a heavily advertised brand like iSelect on the side of the car would have created some genuine media hoopla... instead it comes out from under a dust cover in pitlane

Seem to have gotten the colour right.. just not the ultimate brand...

**GTRMagic** · 1 Mar 2012, 11:15

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Originally Posted by peckstar

your kidding me

Not sure why anyone is really surprised at the vanilla white livery... maybe they are advertising for ice cubes in a snow storm?

Of interest, Tekno's former commercial partner gatherer is now At V8Supercar

**GTRMagic** · 1 Mar 2012, 11:28

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Originally Posted by EBXR8

Going On The New DJR Paint, I also Notice That FORD is off the windscreen and has been places on front splitter and end plates on the spoiler, decrease in funding from FORD this year, DJ was quoted saying that they would recieve backing from ford but the level was yet to be determined. Any one have any insight....GTR you always seem to be in the know of these things...

Stories going around at Homebush time last year suggested that Ford was said to be underpaying for the physical space being taken up on the windscreens of a number of teams' cars.

With the switcheroo of the REC's and cars and whatnot in 2012, the problem largely went away, however a previous Ford strategy in sharing a decreasing budget was to maintain the same financial commitment to the teams, however having to spread that same outright dollar value across the additional cars.

For example, if Ford was spending $1m a season at DJR in 2012, that value would not change if there were 4 cars running there, or two cars running there.

The Ford logos are large and obvious on the race suits of the #12, #17 & #18 pilots (havent seem Mr Owen's 2012 racewear..) so the funding demonstrates the appearance of meaning something to that team

Presumably DJR & friends have onsold the windscreen space for a good price... BJR has been selling the windscreen signage on all 3 of their cars last year for $10k a round (including GST) which offered a couple of ride spots... that makes a nice contribution to budget...

.. if the Ford largesse is maintained in 2012 at 2011 levels...

By the end of this month, I suspect there will be some changes a'coming in the world of Ford Motorsport, and not just because of the latest new boss...

St00ge · 1 Mar 2012, 12:18

I thought ford just had a "panel and parts" deal with the teams they didn't have "factory" support with..

anthony81901 · 1 Mar 2012, 14:35

DJR returned to receiving Ford support in 2010 after being dropped along with 888 and Britek for 2009. Obviously this year's deal doesn't extend to the glare strip as it does with FPR & SBR.