1001 Problemen voor Phoenix F1

[Werner333]

En het gaat niet door. Bernie begint zich ermee te moeien.

The new Formula 1 team formed by a consortium headed by Charles Nickerson and backed by TWR boss Tom Walkinshaw, provisionally named Phoenix, has been told it has no right to enter any GPs this season by F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

"He has bought nothing in Formula 1," Ecclestone told The Times. "All he has bought is some show cars. He can forget it. He is wasting his time thinking about racing in Malaysia."

Nickerson, a Lincolnshire-based property developer, paid two million pounds for the Prost assets, which include technical drawings, tools and two F1 cars, but crucially not the team itself, which would have meant paying off its 20 million pound debts. Under the rules of the Concorde Agreement that governs F1, any new team has to lodge a bond of 48 million dollars with the FIA, so if Phoenix intends to race this year it will have to raise this amount.

"We are waiting for an official communication from the purchasers of the Prost assets but they do appear to have major difficulties if they want to join the grid," added FIA president Max Mosley.

With F1 grid slots limited to just 12 teams, acquiring Prost seemed like a potentially lucrative move. Rumours circulated that Volkswagen was behind the buyout and that the cars would be branded Skodas. However, these stories have been strongly denied.

For the full story behind the Phoenix saga, buy this week's AUTOSPORT magazine - on sale Thursday, March 7.

Bron: http://www.autosport.com/

[airco]

zou maar lichtjes der aan mankeren ook. Voor 2 miljoen € F1 rijden ... eventjes mijn mijn rijk oompje bellen zene.

airco

[HHugo]

Goed nieuws voor Minardi. Ze verdienen die vergoeding trouwens toch meer dan een team dat zomaar uit de lucht komt gevallen.

[Raceboy]

meer nieuws wordt vandag verwacht

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* ik kan nimmer kopieren van crash.net iemand een oplossing ? *

[Mark]

openen in frontpage!

Accordording to press rumours, Charles Nickerson's Phoenix Finance operation is scheduled to release further information regarding a possible Formula One entry later today [Friday].

Nickerson remains the mystery man behind the recent purchase of various assets from the Prost team, although debate continues to rage over whether he can actually enter a team based on the French operations 'right to compete'.

The deal in which Nickerson acquired the AP04 and AP05 cars, plus assorted other items of plant and machinery, surfaced during the Australian Grand Prix weekend, leading to a war of words between Minardi boss Paul Stoddart, who paid off over £20million worth of debt to save the Italian team, and Tom Walkinshaw, whose TWR engineering concern will provide back-up to Nickerson's plans.

Although an announcement from the French liquidator appointed to oversee the sale of Prost appeared to confirm that Nickerson - a former touring car team-mate of Walkinshaw's - could enter his team this season, neither the FIA or F1 overseer Bernie Ecclestone appear to agree - and Stoddart has already threatened legal action against any new team rising from the ashes of Prost.

Now, however, Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper confirms that Nickerson, who obtained his wealth from agriculture and property businesses set up with a trust fund left by his father, is due to release further details of his Formula One plans following a whirlwind tour of possible backers and those in power in the sport.

The newspaper also claims that Nickerson has a series of meeting with Ecclestone prior to obtaining the Prost assets, making it inconceivable that he would have made the purchase without a hope of running in this year's championship. Walkinshaw has intimated that the team could be on the grid by Interlagos - and Ecclestone was only quoted by the Times as saying that it would not have a hope of entering the Malaysian GP.

Stoddart's ire may be appeased by the fact that Nickerson appears to have relinquished any claim on Prost's financial income from the 2001 championship by not fielding a team in Melbourne.

[JPMontoya]

The new DART GP team, previously known as Phoenix, the remnants of the now defunct Prost team, turned up in Malaysia ahead of round two hoping to participate on the Sepang circuit. However the FIA told
them in no uncertain terms that their presence was not allowed and
they were forced to leave.
A letter was produced at the Malaysian Grand Prix confirming that the
new outfit has the right to contest the 2002 championship after
rights were officially transferred from Prost back in late February.
However, the FIA stood firm on the situation, questioning the
validity of the said documents and refusing to let them compete.
With cars still in customs due to the fact that they didn't arrive on
the official FIA flight from Australia, the outfit went away as
directed, despite their strong belief that they were in the right.
Now
it appears as if they have every intention of trying the same thing
in Brazil this week for round three of the championship
season.
According to new reports, officials at the Interlagos circuit have
confirmed that a request has been made to hold a pit garage pending
DART's expected arrival later this week, but it is expected that once
again, the FIA will refuse them admission into the paddock.


SOURCE ; F1-live
Was de FIA nog ni duidelijk ofwa ??