Ferrari negotiating engine deal with A1GP
Filed under: Motorsports, Ferrari
Ferrari is apparently running out of F1 teams to supply with engines, so it’s looking to other racing series altogether for new customers. For the current season, the Maranello-based team had to have the rules bent so that they could supply their engines to not one but two additional teams on the grid (Spyker and Toro Rosso). No wonder then that half of the cars that finished in the points at this past weekend’s penultimate Chinese Grand Prix were powered by Ferrari.
Like other single-seater racing series, A1GP, the self-described “world cup of motorsport”, uses the same chassis and engines for all the teams. Lola and Zytek have been supplying the cars and power respectively, but with contracts up for renewal, rumors started to fly when Ferrari’s sporting director Stefano Domenicali was seen at Silverstone during an A1GP test session. Ferrari has now confirmed that they’re in negotiations with the series’ organizers.
Rumor has it that the engine deal isn’t the only thing A1GP chief Tony Teixeira is discussing with Ferrari, as insiders tip the South African businessman as a potential partner in Scuderia Toro Rosso, which would effectively become Ferrari’s B-squad in the developing “super team” saga.
[Sources: F1i.com and autosport]
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