BMW Sauber confirm Jacques Villeneuve for 2006

rah · Post by **rah** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:22 am

An interesting read about David Richards view on some drivers.

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_ ... t_id=26750

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_ ... t_id=26753

Of course these are not my views. But I agree on some aspects.

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 2:43 pm

David Richards ran Benetton and was FIRED
David Richards ran BAR and was FIRED

Who cares what his opinion is

Kapel · Post by **Kapel** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:05 pm

JayVee wrote:

David Richards ran Benetton and was FIRED
David Richards ran BAR and was FIRED

Who cares what his opinion is

Thats y he's thinking of entering F1 with his own team,so no 1 can now fire him

rah · Post by **rah** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:48 am

JayVee wrote:

David Richards ran Benetton and was FIRED
David Richards ran BAR and was FIRED

Who cares what his opinion is

And Prodrive is a small racing outfit with no success.

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:12 am

rah wrote:And Prodrive is a small racing outfit with no success.

Nothing to do with Formula 1.

Many successful teams/managers/drivers tried to move up into Formula 1 and failed

David Richards is another one of those.

He failed in F1 twice and I doubt we'll see him again

He can continue his

He's out and the people he is talking about are in

rah · Post by **rah** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:20 am

I think you will find him in F1 sometime in the future. He still wants to do it, although with his own team. While I disagree with some of the things he has said, he still has a lot of experience in the industry.

rah · Post by **rah** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 1:43 am

JayVee wrote:I guess it is time to remind some of the posts they made here

As JayVee has been going on about her correct opinions, I give you this little gem.

JayVee wrote:Nothing to do with Formula 1.

Many successful teams/managers/drivers tried to move up into Formula 1 and failed

David Richards is another one of those.

He failed in F1 twice and I doubt we'll see him again

He can continue his blah blah Blah 2 blah blah Blah 2 blah blah Blah 2

He's out and the people he is talking about are in Laughing

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:54 am

Ok he has been accepted to enter in 2008 (Methinks the politics is what got him in). Does that make him successful in F1, he hasn't proved anything in F1 yet apart from the failures?

When he sets up a successful team in F1, then you can remind us.

rah · Post by **rah** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:03 pm

JayVee wrote:Ok he has been accepted to enter in 2008 (Methinks the politics is what got him in). Does that make him successful in F1, he hasn't proved anything in F1 yet apart from the failures?

When he sets up a successful team in F1, then you can remind us.

Could be politics, or just maybe its the fact that Prodrive are a proffesional ans succesful motor racing company.

Successful may take some time, and what does it mean? are Toyota successful? or Honda?

I am happy just reminding you of this for now.

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:33 pm

rah wrote:
JayVee wrote:Ok he has been accepted to enter in 2008 (Methinks the politics is what got him in). Does that make him successful in F1, he hasn't proved anything in F1 yet apart from the failures?

When he sets up a successful team in F1, then you can remind us.

Could be politics, or just maybe its the fact that Prodrive are a proffesional ans succesful motor racing company.

Successful may take some time, and what does it mean? are Toyota successful? or Honda?

I am happy just reminding you of this for now.

His team's efforts are starting to show gains in V8 SC as, and when he prophesised

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Wed May 03, 2006 11:28 am

rah wrote:
JayVee wrote:Ok he has been accepted to enter in 2008 (Methinks the politics is what got him in). Does that make him successful in F1, he hasn't proved anything in F1 yet apart from the failures?

When he sets up a successful team in F1, then you can remind us.

Could be politics, or just maybe its the fact that Prodrive are a proffesional ans succesful motor racing company.

Successful may take some time, and what does it mean? are Toyota successful? or Honda?

I am happy just reminding you of this for now.

You can remind me anytime but it doesn't prove me wrong. Until we see prodrive in F1 then we can see whether I was wrong or not

Success means winning races and eventually championships.

Neither Toyota nor Honda are success at the moment IMO but Honda as an engine supplier were.

But if Prodrive win a race in the first 3 years then I would be proven wrong, how is that

rah · Post by **rah** » Wed May 03, 2006 12:33 pm

Lol, in the first three years!!! lmao now that is a totally unrealistic circumstance. Does that mean you will never consider Toyota or Honda (as a whole) as a success? even if they do win a championship?
Hang on I have one of my own: If prodrive do not win a championship in the next 25 years you can say I was wrong.

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Wed May 03, 2006 12:43 pm

I know what my postal address will be by then

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Wed May 03, 2006 1:06 pm

rah wrote:Lol, in the first three years!!! lmao now that is a totally unrealistic circumstance. Does that mean you will never consider Toyota or Honda (as a whole) as a success? even if they do win a championship?
Hang on I have one of my own: If prodrive do not win a championship in the next 25 years you can say I was wrong.

You are shifting the target here, I am talking about David Richards and not Prodrive.
Prodrive may win in 25 years but that isn't my concern. What I am saying is the David Richards has failed twice in F1 before as team manager and I doubt he'll succeed.

Now he could hand the management of the team to Flavio and then Prodrive would start winning races and championship far sooner than 25 years

I think both Toyota and Honda have had major management shuffles already.

If you think 3 years is too short, make it 5 years then, if David doesn't win by then he'd be gone. I know he owns the team but that doesn't mean that he can be successful at running the F1 operation.
Who knows, he may not even be involved in 2008. Do you know ?

rah · Post by **rah** » Wed May 03, 2006 1:13 pm

I just think it is unlikely that a brand new team can win that soon. It is not as though they are buying a current team, they have to do everything from scratch. Look how long it took Toyota and they are yet to see a win.
And if Prodrive as they are reported try to go as an all brit affair it will take even longer.

But I stray, I believe your first prediction is that we will never see Richards in F1 again. Now the intention is there, we just have to wait for the 2008 regs to come out.