Superleague comes to F1!

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 30 Apr 2012, 13:33

We thought there were elements of A1GP in F1, with the presence of Force India, plus HRT = Team Spain, Mercedes = Team Germany, Ferrari = Team Italy, McLaren = Team Britain, etc., but now...

We have stage one of the defunct Superleague entering F1!

Ed24 · Post by **Ed24** » 30 Apr 2012, 13:51

Hopefully Perez and Kobayashi don't start taking dives in the stewards room!

We also have Tony Fernandes who owns QPR, so there's another football connection.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 30 Apr 2012, 14:10

In kostas22's temporary forums, I wrote:That remembers me of this...

That's all

Alright, I decide to seconded it.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 30 Apr 2012, 14:12

While I don't look forward to see more links like this, I must admit I am intrigued by it. If Sauber gains coverage from having its merchandise selling in Chelsea shops or appearing in a football match and people noticing it, I say that is quite positive for the team. I don't know what were the Chelsea motives though.

By the way, I sure hope that fans from other teams don't start getting beaten by Sauber fans while attending races! :lol:

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 30 Apr 2012, 14:19

DanielPT wrote:While I don't look forward to see more links like this, I must admit I am intrigued by it. If Sauber gains coverage from having its merchandise selling in Chelsea shops or appearing in a football match and people noticing it, I say that is quite positive for the team. I don't know what were the Chelsea motives though.

By the way, I sure hope that fans from other teams don't start getting beaten by Sauber fans while attending races!

I am a Newcastle fan. This move angers me. :evil:

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 30 Apr 2012, 16:04

Seems pretty dumb if you ask me, I can't really see how either party is getting much out of the deal. Chelsea are already one of the most well-known teams in the world, whilst although Sauber may benefit from some more exposure, how many football fans will want to get behind Sauber when they're only a midfield team at best?

The question is, with Peter Sauber leaving at some point during this year, will we see Team Chelsea FC or something similar next year?

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 30 Apr 2012, 16:10

AndreaModa wrote:Seems pretty dumb if you ask me, I can't really see how either party is getting much out of the deal. Chelsea are already one of the most well-known teams in the world, whilst although Sauber may benefit from some more exposure, how many football fans will want to get behind Sauber when they're only a midfield team at best?

The question is, with Peter Sauber leaving at some point during this year, will we see Team Chelsea FC or something similar next year?

Chelsea is only 6th in the Premier League. Coincidently, Sauber is also 6th in the F1 Championship. So they are both midfield teams.

I don't want to see Team Chelsea FC. I didn't saw Superleague for this reason, after all.

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 30 Apr 2012, 16:29

AndreaModa wrote:The question is, with Peter Sauber leaving at some point during this year, will we see Team Chelsea FC or something similar next year?

No, but there will be a driver revolving door for years to come, just like there is with managers at Chelsea. So don't expect Kobayashi and Perez to stay there for long.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 30 Apr 2012, 16:59

Does this mean Vitaly Petrov will move there once Perez goes to Ferrari? :lol:

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 30 Apr 2012, 17:04

kostas22 wrote:Does this mean Vitaly Petrov will move there once Perez goes to Ferrari?

Or the 'Fire King'? He's Russian isn't he? :lol:

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 30 Apr 2012, 17:06

AdrianSutil wrote:
kostas22 wrote:Does this mean Vitaly Petrov will move there once Perez goes to Ferrari?

Or the 'Fire King'? He's Russian isn't he?

No, Bulgarian I believe. But this could lead to a Vitaly Petrov - Mikhail Aleshin double team

Cynon · Post by **Cynon** » 01 May 2012, 02:04

I remember this car in NASCAR, ran in 2003 with Christian Fittipaldi as the driver;

Backmarker · Post by **Backmarker** » 01 May 2012, 02:32

kostas22 wrote:
AdrianSutil wrote:
kostas22 wrote:Does this mean Vitaly Petrov will move there once Perez goes to Ferrari?

Or the 'Fire King'? He's Russian isn't he?

No, Bulgarian I believe. But this could lead to a Vitaly Petrov - Mikhail Aleshin double team

Not totally unbelievable given that Gazprom (Abramovich's company) sponsor Aleshin.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 01 May 2012, 08:23

Backmarker wrote:Not totally unbelievable given that Gazprom (Abramovich's company) sponsor Aleshin.

Abramovich doesn't own Gazprom? He sold Sibneft to them and that was the end of that I think.

David AGS · Post by **David AGS** » 01 May 2012, 10:41

Yeah, I want my EPL team to be in F1.

Arsenal Racing Team,

its a work of ART!

We got Emirates, 02, Nike. Will be powered by Citroen engines, and pinch McLaren's Lucozade sponsorship!

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 01 May 2012, 19:16

Leinster Rugby F1. When I make my first billion it's happening.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 01 May 2012, 19:21

Well, Red Bull owns the New York Red Bulls and FC Salzburg. They really are everywhere, aren't they...

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 01 May 2012, 20:02

The Superfund that backed Minardi back when HWNSNBM was driving for them also had a football club in the Austria Bundesliga, but they hastily abandoned ship in 2007 just before the club went under. It now exists as a newco under the name FC Pasching. Their best acheivement was reaching the Intertoto Cup Final, beating Werder Bremen 5-1 to get there

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 01 May 2012, 20:34

If only Toyota were still around, they could announce a partnership with Stoke City, the dullest ever F1 team with the Premier League's dullest team.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 01 May 2012, 21:37

Minardi and Everton? Both were/are massively underfunded yet still manage respectable results

Also, East Stirlingshire and HRT. They always finish last.

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 01 May 2012, 21:39

kostas22 wrote:Minardi and Everton? Both were/are massively underfunded yet still manage respectable results

Also, East Stirlingshire and HRT. They always finish last.

Osella and Wigan. No matter how bad they are, there seems to be no way of getting rid of them.

Yannick · Post by **Yannick** » 01 May 2012, 21:45

Once Superleague buys CVC, F1 will BECOME Superleague Formula! :mrgreen:

Backmarker · Post by **Backmarker** » 01 May 2012, 22:19

Yannick wrote:Once Superleague buys CVC, F1 will BECOME Superleague Formula!

Superleague Formula had its good points - V12 engines (even though they were built by Menard CompetitionTechnologies, who I had not heard of before or since), some decent circuits (and some stinkers)...err...must have been something else.

razta · Post by **razta** » 02 May 2012, 03:45

Here's Top Gear's take on the whole F1/Football teams mash up

Sauber = Chelsea (we all know that)
Redbull = Manchester City
Ferrari = Manchester United (even though Ross Brawn is a MASSIVE UTD Fan)
Mclaren = Arsenal
Williams = Liverpool
Mercedes = Tottenham (WHY!!!!)
Force India = Fulham
Caterham = QPR (not surprised)
Toro Rosso = Wigan
Marussia = Portsmouth
HRT = Wolves
Lotus = Norwich(and maybe some more)

http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/f1-and ... ?imageNo=0

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 02 May 2012, 18:21

How come nobody's mentioned Red Bull Salzburg yet? And I'm sure there's another team in Austria that Dietrich Mateschitz has got his hands on as well that can be their equivalent of Toro Rosso...

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 02 May 2012, 19:11

dinizintheoven wrote:How come nobody's mentioned Red Bull Salzburg yet? And I'm sure there's another team in Austria that Dietrich Mateschitz has got his hands on as well that can be their equivalent of Toro Rosso...

Tristan mentioned it earlier along with New York Red Bulls. Learn to read!

If Peugeot ever come back to the sport, then of course the equivalent has to be FC Sochaux!

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 02 May 2012, 19:25

razta wrote:HRT = Wolves

Finally, two teams grouped together with HRT being the less pathetic of the two.

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 02 May 2012, 19:33

razta wrote:Here's Top Gear's take on the whole F1/Football teams mash up

Sauber = Chelsea (we all know that)
Redbull = Manchester City
Ferrari = Manchester United (even though Ross Brawn is a MASSIVE UTD Fan)
Mclaren = Arsenal
Williams = Liverpool
Mercedes = Tottenham (WHY!!!!)
Force India = Fulham
Caterham = QPR (not surprised)
Toro Rosso = Wigan
Marussia = Portsmouth
HRT = Wolves
Lotus = Norwich(and maybe some more)

http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/f1-and ... ?imageNo=0

Teams that have gone bust = Rangers

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 02 May 2012, 19:35

WeirdKerr wrote:Teams that have gone bust = Rangers

All Italian teams that have gone bust = All Italian teams that have gone bust. There are plenty on each side :lol:

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 02 May 2012, 20:07

kostas22 wrote:
WeirdKerr wrote:Teams that have gone bust = Rangers

All Italian teams that have gone bust = All Italian teams that have gone bust. There are plenty on each side

Renault = Juventus, Lazio, Fiorentina and AC Milan.

Ferrarist · Post by **Ferrarist** » 02 May 2012, 20:44

Hopefully Volkswagen never enters Formula 1, or else we could see a VFL Wolfsburg-liveried F1 car. I'd rather see Audi in F1, so we could have a Bayern München car.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 02 May 2012, 20:46

redbulljack14 wrote:
kostas22 wrote:
WeirdKerr wrote:Teams that have gone bust = Rangers

All Italian teams that have gone bust = All Italian teams that have gone bust. There are plenty on each side

Renault = Juventus, Lazio, [deleted] and AC Milan.

Renault are dirty lying cheaters?

Williams = Inter. A formerly great team in a bathplugging shocking state, languishing in the midfield and bathpluggling nowhere. WE JUST LOST 3-1 TO PARMA! BATHPLUGGING PARMA!!!!!!!! A BATHPLUGGING TRABANT WITH NO ENGINE WOULD BE FASTER THAN OUR BACK LINE!!!!!!!!!!!!! LUCIO E UN FOTTITI IDIOTA!!!!!!
:evil:

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 02 May 2012, 20:51

kostas22 wrote:Williams = Inter. A formerly great team in a bathplugging shocking state, languishing in the midfield and bathpluggling nowhere. WE JUST LOST 3-1 TO PARMA! BATHPLUGGING PARMA!!!!!!!! A BATHPLUGGING TRABANT WITH NO ENGINE WOULD BE FASTER THAN OUR BACK LINE!!!!!!!!!!!!! LUCIO E UN FOTTITI IDIOTA!!!!!!

Relax. The soccer (football) team in my city has lost seven out of the first seven games of the season.

Pamphlet · Post by **Pamphlet** » 02 May 2012, 21:11

JeremyMcClean wrote:
kostas22 wrote:Williams = Inter. A formerly great team in a bathplugging shocking state, languishing in the midfield and bathpluggling nowhere. WE JUST LOST 3-1 TO PARMA! BATHPLUGGING PARMA!!!!!!!! A BATHPLUGGING TRABANT WITH NO ENGINE WOULD BE FASTER THAN OUR BACK LINE!!!!!!!!!!!!! LUCIO E UN FOTTITI IDIOTA!!!!!!

Relax. The soccer (football) team in my city has lost seven out of the first seven games of the season.

Can't be worse than my team. Lead the league by miles, now struggling to remain in the top 5.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 02 May 2012, 21:15

Pamphlet wrote:
JeremyMcClean wrote:
kostas22 wrote:Williams = Inter. A formerly great team in a bathplugging shocking state, languishing in the midfield and bathpluggling nowhere. WE JUST LOST 3-1 TO PARMA! BATHPLUGGING PARMA!!!!!!!! A BATHPLUGGING TRABANT WITH NO ENGINE WOULD BE FASTER THAN OUR BACK LINE!!!!!!!!!!!!! LUCIO E UN FOTTITI IDIOTA!!!!!!

Relax. The soccer (football) team in my city has lost seven out of the first seven games of the season.

Can't be worse than my team. Lead the league by miles, now struggling to remain in the top 5.

It can't be worse than making it to the semi-finals of the North American equivalent of the UEFA Champions' League and then having a huge fallout... in the same year!

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 02 May 2012, 21:25

kostas22 wrote:
redbulljack14 wrote:Renault = Juventus, Lazio, [deleted] and AC Milan.

Renault are dirty lying cheaters?

Match fixing back in 2006, compared with race fixing in 2008 was the point I was getting at.

And yes, they kind of are dirty lying cheaters.

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 02 May 2012, 21:45

The football equivalent of Andrea Moda is defenitely Sporting Charleroi. You might have never heard of them, but believe me, It's the kind of team where you never know what's going to happen next. It's even random by Belgian standard (no pun intended).
The most recent thing is that it took the city government 12 years to find out their stadium enlargements for euro2000 were actually illegal, which means they have to demolish it now.

QuickYoda41 · Post by **QuickYoda41** » 02 May 2012, 22:05

I remember playing FIFA '99 - from the Belgian League I chose Charleroi for some reason. :lol:

Anyway, Brawn GP - Tirol Innsbruck - going out as champions, though the reasons aren't exactly the same :lol:

Tyrrell - Nottingham Forest

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 02 May 2012, 22:54

redbulljack14 wrote:
razta wrote:HRT = Wolves

Finally, two teams grouped together with HRT being the less pathetic of the two.

So it is possible for HRT not to be the worst sports team in the world :lol:

I am not talking about the awesome Australian HRT.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 02 May 2012, 22:55

Pamphlet wrote:
JeremyMcClean wrote:
kostas22 wrote:Williams = Inter. A formerly great team in a bathplugging shocking state, languishing in the midfield and bathpluggling nowhere. WE JUST LOST 3-1 TO PARMA! BATHPLUGGING PARMA!!!!!!!! A BATHPLUGGING TRABANT WITH NO ENGINE WOULD BE FASTER THAN OUR BACK LINE!!!!!!!!!!!!! LUCIO E UN FOTTITI IDIOTA!!!!!!

Relax. The soccer (football) team in my city has lost seven out of the first seven games of the season.

Can't be worse than my team. Lead the league by miles, now struggling to remain in the top 5.

*Walks into thread*
Try being an Arsenal fan
*Walks out of thread*