Jaguar/Landrover to enter F1

[FourWheelDrift]

The post advertised was on the FI (Financial Initiatives) team not the F1 Team

[patmahe]

Can't see it being worth their while, would they even have the budget to be competitive?

[Supersam83]

patmahe said:

Can't see it being worth their while, would they even have the budget to be competitive?

Well, Jaguar Land Rover is owned by Tata Motors which is worth $44Bn so they have the money...

[vaud]

Supersam83 said:

Well, Jaguar Land Rover is owned by Tata Motors which is worth $44Bn so they have the money...

Which is owned by Tata Group who have $150bn of revenue per annum...

[hondajack85]

Seems so far fetched. Doing F1 would be Tata to all thier money.

[davidd]

vaud said:

Which is owned by Tata Group who have $150bn of revenue per annum...

Who I think do a lot of the it and comms for FOM

[Sandpit Steve]

hondajack85 said:

Seems so far fetched. Doing F1 would be Tata to all thier money.

Not any more. Thanks to the cost cap and increasing prize money, having an F1 entry is now a licence to print money.

Hence the vociferous objections from FOM and the existing teams to Andretti being given an entry, despite having the might of GM behind the team. JLR/Tata would face exactly the same challenges.

[SpudLink]

jeremyc said:

Old (1999) news.

Which evolved into the current Red Bull team.


Jaguar back in F1 seems unlikely, but stranger things have happened. Who would supply engines?
Could it be Flavio Briatore was brought into Alpine to facilitate the sale to TATA?

[groomi]

Second chance for Newey to Jaguar F1?

No, not a chance. Jaguar as a brand are at deaths door and Land Rover are about as relevant to F1 as Ferrari is to pig farming...

[vaud]

davidd said:

vaud said:

Which is owned by Tata Group who have $150bn of revenue per annum...

Who I think do a lot of the it and comms for FOM

Tata Comms (different to Tata Consulting Services) do provide the network for F1. Tata Comms is a different division within Tata and they don't collaborate much.

Not sure who provides higher level IT for F1.

[wolfracesonic]

Land Rover team vs Ineos team