Hi peeps, just noticed this on itv-f1 website!
"Former grand prix racer Aguri Suzuki has announced plans to enter Formula 1 next season with a new Honda-supported team.
In a press conference in Tokyo on Tuesday morning, Suzuki confirmed that the currently unnamed new squad had already applied for an entry to the 2006 world championship.
The team will use Honda V8 engines and Bridgestone tyres, but Suzuki did not reveal whether it would build its own chassis or use a customer version of the BAR-Honda design.
He admitted that the team faces a race against time, and is relying heavily on Honda’s support.
“As far as the chassis is concerned there is no way we can compete unless there is help from Honda,” Suzuki told autosport.com.
“I'm just hoping that we will have a workforce of at least 100 before the season opener."
Rumours of a Honda B-team have been circulating for several months, with suggestions that the Japanese manufacturer wanted to establish a second string squad where it could place ousted BAR driver Takuma Sato.
Suzuki confirmed that Sato was in contention for a drive with the new team, which will be run out of the old Arrows factory at Leafield, but said he had been considering entering F1 “since February” – long before the B-team rumours surfaced."
......Where's he getting this kinda money i wonder??
"Former grand prix racer Aguri Suzuki has announced plans to enter Formula 1 next season with a new Honda-supported team.
In a press conference in Tokyo on Tuesday morning, Suzuki confirmed that the currently unnamed new squad had already applied for an entry to the 2006 world championship.
The team will use Honda V8 engines and Bridgestone tyres, but Suzuki did not reveal whether it would build its own chassis or use a customer version of the BAR-Honda design.
He admitted that the team faces a race against time, and is relying heavily on Honda’s support.
“As far as the chassis is concerned there is no way we can compete unless there is help from Honda,” Suzuki told autosport.com.
“I'm just hoping that we will have a workforce of at least 100 before the season opener."
Rumours of a Honda B-team have been circulating for several months, with suggestions that the Japanese manufacturer wanted to establish a second string squad where it could place ousted BAR driver Takuma Sato.
Suzuki confirmed that Sato was in contention for a drive with the new team, which will be run out of the old Arrows factory at Leafield, but said he had been considering entering F1 “since February” – long before the B-team rumours surfaced."
......Where's he getting this kinda money i wonder??
