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**lopaayd** · 11-17-2009, 04:31 PM

Brawn being moved to the back last year was an exceptional circumstance due to the lateness of the change and all the ugly politics that were swilling round at the time. For instance when Jaguar took over Stewart they kept 7 and 8, when Red Bull took over Jaguar they kept the 14 and 15. Mercedes will 99% certain have 3 and 4 next year, unless by some miracle Button stays and they will have 1 and 2.

And the numbers were retained as Jordan went through god knows how many changes of name before becoming Force India

The only thing that might happen next year is Sauber being shunted to the back rather than getting BMW's numbers because of the whole not signing Concorde Agreement/getting in as a reserve thing. Again, politics.

I also suspect that the FIA are looking to extract another $48 million in entrance fees from MB if they possibly can.

I thought that ridiculous rule was (thankfully) dropped for this year? If not, how did the new teams afford that? The whole craze of buying existing teams rather than setting up their own was (partly) because of the need to avoid paying this bond. I may be wrong but I think only Toyota ever did. Oh and Super Aguri probably, via Honda.

11-17-2009, 04:31 PM	#33
lopaayd Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 511 Senior Member	Brawn being moved to the back last year was an exceptional circumstance due to the lateness of the change and all the ugly politics that were swilling round at the time. For instance when Jaguar took over Stewart they kept 7 and 8, when Red Bull took over Jaguar they kept the 14 and 15. Mercedes will 99% certain have 3 and 4 next year, unless by some miracle Button stays and they will have 1 and 2. And the numbers were retained as Jordan went through god knows how many changes of name before becoming Force India The only thing that might happen next year is Sauber being shunted to the back rather than getting BMW's numbers because of the whole not signing Concorde Agreement/getting in as a reserve thing. Again, politics. I also suspect that the FIA are looking to extract another $48 million in entrance fees from MB if they possibly can. I thought that ridiculous rule was (thankfully) dropped for this year? If not, how did the new teams afford that? The whole craze of buying existing teams rather than setting up their own was (partly) because of the need to avoid paying this bond. I may be wrong but I think only Toyota ever did. Oh and Super Aguri probably, via Honda.
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