I thought super Aguri was a development team of Red Bull so i would figure money wouldnt be as huge an issue.
But i hope not the more F1 teams the better its so bad seeing such a small field even though theres a few drivers it just seems small because its like the same 4 drivers fighting for the win oh well.
So to answer you question. No Idea
It is as someone else posted, SS United didn't pay up. They were primary sponsors of Super Aguri last year.
What Super Aguri needs is more cash input from Honda. But Honda doesn't seem to want their B-team to outperform them, so aren't contributing any more than what they are now.
A bigger problem for Super Aguri is that they are a chassis customer. The FIA will be banning chassis customer teams very soon, and then Super Aguri will be out of the game unless they can design a whole car from scratch. The same problem applies to Toro Rosso.
Personally I think Honda should sponsor Super Aguri entirely this season, followed by a merger for 2009. Or else they can stay separate and sponsor Super Aguri, but put the Acura branding on the Super Aguri car (Acura is the luxury car arm of Honda) and provide Super Aguri with technical support from Acura who are experienced at building sports prototype chassis.
Isn't the Acura brand only used in North America? I'm pretty sure that's why Honda's two drivers used helmet visor logos which said "Acura" last year, but only at Montreal and Indianapolis. Expanding that brand to the whole world is a huge undertaking and is not something that would happen overnight.
That's based across the road from Silverstone. Force India used to be Spyker which used to be Midland which used to be Jordan. Eddie Jordan built the factory there.
God I wish Jordan could come back. Not only does it sound so much better than "Force India" (wtf? What next? GP Team America?), but the first years of the 7-Up green cars and the early years in B&H colours were cool.
Back to the topic at hand; let's not forget that Super Aguri barely tested at all last season, turned up at Melbourne and released their car on the Thursday before the race and consequently qualified 10th and 11th on the grid. Whilst they have been stung by the non-payment of SS United, this team are miracle workers and I have no doubt they'll find some cash somewhere.
I think you have your wires crossed there, customer cars are already banned and have been for many years. Both Super Aguri and Torro Rosso have got around this ruling by claiming that technically they hold the intellectual design rights for the corresponding chassis.
It was in autosport that from 2009 they'll have to make their own chassis from scratch. Which for Torro Rosso, shouldn't be too much of a problem. They had been doing it for years as Minardi
As for Super Aguri, they may have the capacity to construct a chassis. But I doubt they have any equipment to do so. Just empty rooms perhaps? :P
I admit I did jump the gun by saying that they will be banned.
However, the issue of customer cars is not resolved. It should have been solved at the beginning of 2007, but there was merely a delay, and still the FIA hasn't settled on the issue, and teams like Williams are grumbling. Until FIA officially legalises customer cars, the issue will continue to cast uncertainty for teams like SA and STR.
