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**SkHukV3N** · 01-22-2012, 07:53 PM

I pretty much agree with your predictions, aki13. Ferrari and McLaren are certainly the only teams I would expect to remain in F1 that long in their current form.

Red Bull might be one that has a chance of staying around. They look like modern era Benetton, who owned quite a successful team for 15 years. Has RBR another 10 years in them? Maybe sounds like a long shot. But the point here is that Red Bull has been very actively investing in motorsports for a long time already, sponsoring some team/driver in almost every category. I am not sure if Red Bull owns an F1 team in 10 years' time, but one could certainly expect them to be at least some kind of a sponsor.

I am wondering about Williams. By 10 years' time Frank Williams will surely have retired, but will the name of the team be kept that long and what are the plans of the younger generation (Parr, Wolff, etc)? They are trying to make the organization as a stable and viable long-term business (hybrid technology, etc), but with lack of results may still not survive without major buyout.

01-22-2012, 07:53 PM	#3
SkHukV3N Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 455 Senior Member	I pretty much agree with your predictions, aki13. Ferrari and McLaren are certainly the only teams I would expect to remain in F1 that long in their current form. Red Bull might be one that has a chance of staying around. They look like modern era Benetton, who owned quite a successful team for 15 years. Has RBR another 10 years in them? Maybe sounds like a long shot. But the point here is that Red Bull has been very actively investing in motorsports for a long time already, sponsoring some team/driver in almost every category. I am not sure if Red Bull owns an F1 team in 10 years' time, but one could certainly expect them to be at least some kind of a sponsor. I am wondering about Williams. By 10 years' time Frank Williams will surely have retired, but will the name of the team be kept that long and what are the plans of the younger generation (Parr, Wolff, etc)? They are trying to make the organization as a stable and viable long-term business (hybrid technology, etc), but with lack of results may still not survive without major buyout.
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