I agree that most of them became something else, like Minardi becoming Red Bull Something.lemon_martini2 wrote:Not really---Tyrrell became BAR...Jaguar became Red Bull...Toleman became Benetton became Renault...GhoGho wrote:What difference will it make to the sport?
What about tyrrel, stewart, jaguar, lotus, arrows, jordan, ats, benneton, dallara, zakspeed, toleman, prost, lola, fondmetal to mane but a few?
all made their contribution and disappeared with no real consequences.
I wish they would increase the grid size so new teams would be able to come in to the sport rather than having to buy in if they did.Wouldn't it be great to have Jaguar AND Jordan AND Midland AND Sauber AND BMW on the grid?
And when you look at Minardi,you have to look at who else was round in their area of the grid when they began-little Continental teams like Coloni,Fondmetal,Osella,Zakspeed,Rial.Hardly any of them made it past the early 90s but Minardi managed to keep going for 20 years.
Unfortunately with the way things are now with money driving everything, particularly bernie and max, its surprising that these smaller teams have made it past the "golden era" of F1 where teams operated out of a backyard garage.
Maybe its time to say a sad goodbye to another small team that has recently only managed to help bring the number of cars on the grid to the required 20 and welcome someone who seems to be prepared to pump money into the team. Hopefully the team will grow stronger as have many of the others. With enough financial backing maybe the difference from front to back on the grid will get smaller and the racing more competitive.
We can only hope more wealthy people decide to get involved the way Red Bull has and then maybe we will see more teams and cars on the grid. (after the rules have been changed to allow more than 20)
