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Campos are now to be called 'Hispania Racing Team' - official acronym - HRT.

I'll get in there first (if they're any good), 'HRT gives F1 paddock hot flush!'

:) They didn't really think that one through did they...

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LowCostMonkey

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Some more damning stuff on Anderson.

Lopez's manager slams US F1 boss

Jose Maria Lopez's manager Felipe McGough has criticised US F1 team boss Ken Anderson, saying he is the main culprit for the American squad failing to reach the Formula 1 grid.

"The main culprit of all this is Ken Anderson," McGough told Argentina's FOX Sports in a telephone interview.

"These people fooled the FIA, FOTA and all the teams, FOM, all the employees they hired, 'Pechito' Lopez, and Milos Pavlovic, the other driver they had signed to be in the project.

"It's not that they fooled us only. The situation of US F1 in Europe is some sort of scandal amongst teams because it makes F1 looks very bad. Argentina is just a small part of the problem, but it's a very, very big for Formula 1."

McGough said he was not aware of any problems with the team when Lopez signed a deal to race with it.

He added: "We signed the deal just 48 hours after the FIA sent an inspector to Charlotte and confirmed that the project was fully underway."

McGough said Lopez had been finally released from his contract and was now set to become Hispania Racing's reserve driver.

"We spent all day talking with the team," he added. "We finally managed to get released from the contract with the US F1 team. We had a meeting with Ken Anderson, with Chad Hurley's representatives, with Peter Windsor and with team's lawyers.

"It was a very complex situation because they had not breached the contract, but we knew they would not make it to Bahrain. So we had to find a solution so Jose Maria would not be tied to the team and he could find an alternative.

"And that's what we achieved after a lot of hours of negotiation."

McGough claimed Anderson or sporting director Peter Windsor had promised to travel to Argentina to apologise and to offer an explanation about the situation

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JPR

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Bit harsh on Stefan GP. Something a bit fishy going on there.

I think it's the right decision long term. I'd rather the two cars less this season and they get the team selection right next year. Being so late in the day it must be hard to get all the proper guarantees from Stefan and you don't want to risk them struggling this time next year. Selection process should hopefully fairer and stricter this time and based on just the quality of the team and not what engine they pick.

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Dudley

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Bit harsh on Stefan GP. Something a bit fishy going on there.

Not really, who knows if they'd turn up for race 1 and never again. There wasn't close to the time you'd need to do the investigations they SHOULD have done for the other teams.

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GwiDan

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How cheap is cheap? there is a Formulae 1 in Nice (accorhotels.com)

Seriously cheap if you want to rough it and have a hire car :hat:

Chris

I'm looking for somewhere affordable for my student budget, since I may also be travelling to a couple of other countries; so not a dive, but four-star hotel isn't a necessity :) . I spoke to someone at the ACM who recommended not to stay within Monaco itself, so Nice may be a plan if the commute isn't too long? What's access to the circuit like from the south of France?

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Nick_L

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I've always stayed in Nice each time I've been.

The airport is in Nice and you can get the train to Monaco, you dont need a hire car.

EDIT: I should add that its easy to get the train as well, they are freqent and only take around 20/30 mins IIRC

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Ferrari get worried that Mclaren is on a par with them for pace & pick up the phone to JT.

JT: "No worries, we'll wait until a week before the first race to announce the protest, then ban it in first practice. That'll fuck em.."

LDM:" SWEET"

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