Minardi ... I Salute you

[rodders47 2]

I have to say if there is ONE team in F1 that is trying it's hardest to promote F1 to the general public it has to be the undogs.. Minardi..

That run in Hungary down the streets would be Great publicity for any race let alone F1 and given it was in a X2 car and not high speed , like who cares, it is showing the average Joe Blow what F1 is about.

Good On yah Paul Stoddart, at least there is one Team owner that has some inteligent input into F1.. um now to see Shumi drive a X2 Ferrari around the inner city streets of Melbourne prior to the first race !!! Oh s##t Ferrari dont have a 2 seater, I forgot, guess they cant afford to build just 1, minardi have 8 !!!!!!! go figure

[Sato 0]

Yes, minardi really do promote the sport. and ofcourse the others don't they consider it a race of time and money

[webber 0]

yea some1 neds 2 give minardi a hole lot of money. that whould rock 8)

[Senna 0]

Renault may well do so in 2005, as the B-Team rumours rumble on…

[Taku 0]

that's awesome! i'd love to see a 2 seater fanging around the streets of sydney!

i know passion doesn''t have much of a $ value in f1 today, but the kind of passion that paul stoddart and the minardi team show towards the sport really should not go unrewarded.

and i;m not talking about passion for the job and f1, cos i'm sure all the big boys are very passionate about what they do, but the sheer unadulterated outward display of it like getting the cars out on the streets for the fans, like renault did too. they would be a good match as a & b team.

[nojvnof1 0]

yea some1 neds 2 give minardi a hole lot of money. that whould rock 8)

It sure would. Anyone got a spare million or two lying around?? Bernie probably does, good old Mr Burns of F1.

shaun

[juany 0]

wonder if that russian dude who bought Chelsea would be interested!

[rodders47 2]

maybe he would Juany, but I think he is JAIL right now :shock:

[webber 0]

maybe he would Juany, but I think he is JAIL  right now  :shock:

WTF :?

[juany 0]

maybe he would Juany, but I think he is JAIL  right now  :shock:

really? what did he do?

[nichosnz 0]

We are talking about that chap Roman Lottamoneyvich aren't we? What did he do, and why didn't he 'buy' justice.

[juany 0]

heh lottamoneyvich!. yep, thats him. Fill us in on what he got busted for if you know.

[Senna 0]

Roman Abramovich (I don’t know how to spell it either) isn’t in jail…yet, there was some talk about how he acquired his wealth and whether it was legal. Chelsea are well out of the title race and Roman’s money has not proven too successful. Still, next season he’ll have probably bought half of Real Madrid! Who says money can’t buy success?

[rodders47 2]

don't quote me here but I seem to recall seeing on TV that he is suspect in a number of Business dealings that avoided Taxes etc..

As I understand it his assests have been frozen for a while.. well it is WINTER in Russia