david richards to take over jordan?

sparkthatbled

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns15240.html

good news!

aidan_dunne

Well, DR certainly worked wonders at BAR (before he was unceremoniously dumped by the Honda top-brass) so I'd like to see him manage to do the same at Jordan. Then again, what he achieved at BAR was with a team who had an established partnership with a major manufacturer (Honda) and lots and lots of money available as well. I can only wonder if he'd be able to manage to do the same working with a miniscule budget.

As for the Hyundai thing, I'd be very surprised if they made a move into F1, at least for a quite a while yet. They didn't exactly set the world on fire in the WRC, did they, and F1 is a much tougher and more expensive business altogether. Don't get me wrong, I'd like to see them come into F1 alright (the more manufacturers, the better. Give a bit of variety to the grid), but I can't see it happening so soon.

Samsung, though, and LG I would expect to see coming into F1 very soon. With the impending ban on tobacco advertising, more and more teams are going to start looking for major/title sponsorship elsewhere (it's been happening the past few years already) and the electronics and computer industry is one of the few industries that can probably match the tobacco industry to make up the shortfall in sponsorship revenue in F1 when the fags get banned. Also, LG has already established itself as a sponsor in motorsport (LG Super Racing Weekend/WTTC anyone? ) so I think we'll see both companies in F1 before long.

sparkthatbled

Well, in my opinion, it seems David Richards has the means to save jordan. I'm not saying he'll turn them back into championship contendors but at least get them scoring points, competing with red bull and sauber etc. It'd be better than eddie irvine taking over anyway... And i think if you get hyundai, lg and samsung behind the team they will have the funding to do something decent with themselves... and DR might even save the jordan name and branding!