What do you think of Michael Schumacher starting a new team in Formula 1 called Bugatti-Schumacher.?

Question

Michael Schumacher in 2010 will be launching his own Formula 1 team and the possibility that Nick Heldfield and Lewis Hamilton will be the drivers, Michael will be CEO and test driver it will turn out by Volkswagen £500.00 million pounds as back up.

Answer 1

What I think:

The VW F1 rumour is over 20 years old...they got as far as producing an engine back in the early 90s. They put too much money into the Audi sportscar programme to race F1 at the same time, and they get the exposure they want for their turbodiesel engines through that.

Bugatti don't have the money to put their name to a project like that, and if VW are paying, they'll want it to be called a VW F1 car. Anyway I'd expect any team entering F1 in the next couple of years to take advantage of the customer car rules being relaxed and to buy chassis off one of the big teams.

Schumi might be interested in running a team one day, but not right now.

By 2010 Heidfeld might be desperate enough to jump into a new team with an untried engine, but I doubt Hamilton will be.

Answer 2

I think that is very cool that he is doing this and he could build a very succesful team.

Answer 3

He shouldn't do it. I don't think he will.

He left F1 because it took too much of his time. He's a family man who wants to be with his wife and kids. Managing an F1 team puts lots more demands on him than being just a driver.

All that money and drivers can't guarantee anything. Look at Toyota, Honda, Renault and BMW. All manufacturers with tons and tons of money but hardly any results. Renault went from World Champions for 2 years to nothing in just a few months. That's how fickle F1 is.