{"id":3460,"date":"2010-03-19T07:30:43","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T11:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=3460"},"modified":"2010-03-19T07:30:43","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T11:30:43","slug":"new-teams-battling-for-millions-in-2010-gascoyne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/new-teams-battling-for-millions-in-2010-gascoyne\/","title":{"rendered":"New teams battling for ‘millions’ in 2010 – Gascoyne"},"content":{"rendered":"
According to former Swiss F1 driver and commentator Marc Surer, F1’s three new teams are playing in a “third class” this season.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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But Mike Gascoyne, the technical boss of the new Malaysian backed team Lotus, has revealed that the battle at the back is actually a dash for many millions.<\/p>\n

The Norfolk-based squad was delighted to bring both of its cars to the chequered flag in Bahrain, even if by the end, Jarno Trulli’s green T127 was truly limping.<\/p>\n

But with 12 teams now on the grid, it is a fact that only one of the new teams will finish the 2010 constructors’ championship among the top ten, therefore unlocking the financial benefits of the Concorde Agreement.<\/p>\n

“At the next three races, it is important just to finish,” Gascoyne confirmed in an interview with the Dutch Formule 1 Race Report.<\/p>\n

“For now we focus on reliability.\u00a0 To score points is not realistic, but tenth place in the constructors’ is the goal, because it is worth a lot of money.<\/p>\n

“There will probably be no points (for the new teams), so the finishing places will be important — so one eleventh, twelfth or thirteenth place may eventually yield millions,” the Briton added.<\/p>\n

Lotus has also earned an early reputation as arguably F1’s most open team, with some observers amazed about the live information given away by Gascoyne throughout the Bahrain weekend.<\/p>\n

Referring to an advance warning about an impending pitstop posted on Twitter via Gascoyne’s mobile phone, Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport marvelled: “Can you imagine such a thing from McLaren, Ferrari and Co.?”<\/p>\n

The Formule 1 Race Report reporter was also surprised after spending time within the actual walls of the Lotus garage during track sessions in Bahrain.<\/p>\n

“We want to be open and transparent about what we are doing.\u00a0 And why not?” said Gascoyne.<\/p>\n

“(Boss) Tony Fernandes is a big supporter of this, so we are going to try to tell everyone what is going on rather than hiding it or being cagey.<\/p>\n

“We want to distinguish ourselves in that way,” he added.<\/p>\n

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