The Weekly Grapevine
Just when Super Aguri were able to secure their financial future, Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz put a 'For Sale' sign on Scuderia Toro Rosso. Dieter Rencken analyses the market shifts
Danger Ahead
While all indications are that Super Aguri have been saved after a winter of uncertainty, Formula One is still not able to breathe a sigh of relief, for in Malaysia it became known that the other customer chassis-operating team, namely Scuderia Toro Rosso, is now officially up for sale.
And, while their situations are totally different, their woes are certainly inter-related, and stem back to suggestions made by the sport's controlling body, the FIA, that customer chassis would be legal under the 2008-onwards Formula One regulations.
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