Official: Red Bull Buys Minardi

[nojvnof1 0]

Ah crap! I knew this was coming, but it's abit hard to accept. Ah well, that's life I guess. Red Bull's press release makes interesting readings. In it they outline their reasons for buying Minardi. The one which causes me most concern is that it will allow Red Bull another vote in all F1 matters, which I think stinks. Liuzzi and Speed should be thanking their lucky stars!

"So does this mean that minardi could have ferrari engines next season? So is redbull going to use minardi as an 'F1 school' for their up and coming drivers? Could we some several drivers racing for Minardi next season?"

Minardi will most probably still run Cosworth V10's in this year's chassis. Red Bull will indeed use this team as their junior team. Here is how I see both Red Bull teams lining up

Red Bull Racing - Coulthard and Klein with Neel Jani as third driver

Red Bull Team USA/Minardi (just guessing their name) - Liuzzi and Speed with maybe AJ Allmendinger as third driver.

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Bourdais and Paffett (if only!)!!! Allmendinger would be a good third driver though

Neel Jani as a third driver would be nice

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Ok. Now if Speed does well in F1, at least we can say that America does have a decent F1 driver in the mix besides Phil Hill.

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America has an embarrassing and pathetic record in F1

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Bourdais and Paffett (if only!)!!!  Allmendinger would be a good third driver though

Neel Jani as a third driver would be nice

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Red Bull

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America has an embarrassing and pathetic record in F1

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America has an embarrassing and pathetic record in F1

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Andretti-Gurney??embarrassing? pathetic? **** you!

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What nationality was Bruce Mclaren?.

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I think he was from New Zealand.

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Andretti-Gurney??embarrassing? pathetic? **** you!

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Considering the size, wealth and population of the USA, its record in F1 is quite pathetic

[Jenson_Rules 0]

indeed!

[thedude79 0]

Considering the size, wealth and population of the USA, its record in F1 is quite pathetic

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Welcome

[thedude79 0]

Welcome

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Just giving you a reason why American drivers have involved themselves in F1!

And thank you for the welcome!

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I don