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Hyundai plans Formula One team for 2010

Agent009 submitted on 10/23/2006 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 8:23:22 AM

40 user comments | Category: Spy Shots | Source: | SOURCE: today.reuters.co.uk

South Korea's top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co.

is in talks to enter its own team for the country's first Formula One grand prix in 2010, Germany's Automobilwoche weekly said in its online edition on Sunday.

"Talks with Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone are in progress," the magazine quoted a Hyundai manager as saying.

Automobilewoche also quoted Hyundai's Europe manager Gerry Dorizas as saying: "I know only that we will start a new motorsport engagement in the rally field in 2008."

Ecclestone said earlier this month he would help to bring up Korean Formula One drivers in the hope of having a Korean team take part in the race one day

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People laughed when Toyota announced their F1 plans, and look at them now.

People will laugh at Hyundai upon hearing this - let's hope they proof them wrong.
— BMW530i (View Profile)

Posted on 10/23/2006 9:00:48 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

Korean should change a name into hyundai from BMW.
— mkt1982 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2006 6:29:13 AM | | Votes: 1

Hmmm...

Will thinks:

BMW530i + Hyundai F1 Team = Anti-Toyota...

Yeah... *Rolleyes*
— BMW530i (View Profile)

Posted on 10/23/2006 11:23:57 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

Self-centered?

I could smell that your comment was directed at me.
— BMW530i (View Profile)

Posted on 10/23/2006 11:39:27 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

Well maybe next time, put up a DISCLAIMER. :p
— BMW530i (View Profile)

Posted on 10/23/2006 11:48:43 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

Exactly. ;)
— BMW530i (View Profile)

Posted on 10/23/2006 11:52:51 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

Yes.

YOU JUST DID.
— BMW530i (View Profile)

Posted on 10/23/2006 12:00:03 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

We better stop talking. People want to discuss the topic here and not listen to us sweet talk. :p
— BMW530i (View Profile)

Posted on 10/23/2006 12:22:50 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

Is the Hyundai F1 car going to just be a carbon copy of Mercedes like their production cars are?
— droptop (View Profile)

Posted on 10/23/2006 10:42:03 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

F1 is boring.

Hyundai,bring it to NASCAR.
— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/23/2006 11:22:10 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

F1--BORING??? WHAT???? NASCAR--REDNECKS!!!! Same circle, same looking shitty Tauruses, Chevy's Dodges! How can anyone like NASCAR??? Only for Wife-Beating Rednecks!!!
haha
— razzy23 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/23/2006 11:30:39 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

Calling someone a redneck is not being nice and you know it.

Go see a NASCAR race in Las Vegas or at the California Speedway.
— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/23/2006 11:57:56 AM | | Votes: -2

Hey everybody check out what Wilco has on his mind.
— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/23/2006 1:32:57 PM | | Votes: 0

Nowhere else in the world is Nascar popular! Only here. FORMULA 1--Praised and awaited WORLDWIDE. EL34--you are a MORON!
— razzy23 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/23/2006 11:32:22 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

razzy.. I think they're fusions... not tauruses. (chargers and monte carlos). But I'm not sure, we don't get enough NASCAR in England.

Toyota finished 6th in the F1 constructors championship, behind Renault, Ferrari, MclarenMercedes, Honda and BMW. In fact they are the lowest ranking Manufacturer team. I'm pretty sure Hyundai could equal that.

— matt635 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/23/2006 11:38:48 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0

interesting that hyndai will make it to the bigstage before audi/vw. i guess the lemans thing is working for them big time!!!. and yes.. anybody who watches nascar is a redneck.
— AmazingBimmer (View Profile)

Posted on 10/23/2006 1:20:19 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3

THANK YOU-----AMAZING BIMMER
— razzy23 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/23/2006 1:33:58 PM | | Votes: 1

I watch nascar and I'm english, unless being from south yorkshire makes you a rednmeck - i guess your wrong
— matt635 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/23/2006 3:53:16 PM | | Votes: 1

Gentlemen, F1 is a worldwide sports much like Soccer/Futbol. But Nascar is a totally US sport, what race series do you have in your countries that can match the popularity and financials of Nascar that is based solely in your country?
— rocker (View Profile)

Posted on 10/23/2006 2:45:40 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

spyker will have someone to beat.
— adoptgreyhounds (View Profile)

Posted on 10/23/2006 7:55:06 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

It's football not futbol.

Well what western country has 300 million people, (amongst witch plenty of rednecks) ?!

But on a proportional level raported to the population, NASCAR is actually an average motor-sport
based on audience, compared to the F1 crazyness in, say Italy.
— DarkOneForce (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2006 4:58:22 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

Again, Dickoneforce, is there a race series in Italy that is solely based in Italy that has the same popularity or financial impact that Nascar has in the US and it can be a proportional average based on population. Also, in the Latin countries it is spelled Futbol.
— rocker (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2006 11:20:11 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0

First, my point was that NASCAR is an average motor-sport by audience. Italians/europeans are simply not that isolated. Every major motor-sport crosses borders, and that's happened since the late 19 century, because european countries are too small amongs other things. F1, WRC, WTCC, DTM are all multinational/international.

Second, we're talking in english here, so it's football, and you're wrong.

Latin countries speak the following languages: spanish , portugese, italian, french and romanian (and there would also be the almost extinguished retro-roman)

Now the spanish call it fútbol, french football, italians calcio and so on.

Third, mind your languange please.
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Now back on topic, I wonder what they'll do ?!
— DarkOneForce (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2006 3:53:48 PM | | Votes: 2

They will embezzle money from their country and investors to finance this venture, so all is well.
— rocker (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2006 5:16:29 PM | | Votes: 1

rocker-Soccer/Football/Fifa wat every u call it is a boring sport......just because everyone plays and watch it don't mean its fun. Yeah i agree with u that nascar do suck....F1 is the best one to watch when it come to Sport Cars.

My friend watch some American Football not boys and girl soccer were its play in Europe....can u say NFL.
— watisthat (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2006 1:42:36 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

Than you should check the Champions League finals in 2005 and 2006, and the 2003 Real Madrid - M. United matches.

We'll see after that you still belive it's boring.

— DarkOneForce (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2006 3:56:44 PM | | Votes: 1

watisthisshit, I did not say anything about supporting or not supporting anything. I watch Nascar, F1, NFL and the occasional European soccer match. So you are wrong. And get spellcheck.
— rocker (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2006 3:40:31 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

rockersuckingcocker-spellcheck i dont recall this a english class......if ur so smart y are u here........wait u bearly know anything i forgot.

Its wat-is-that not wat-is-this look at who needs a spellcheck.
— watisthat (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2006 3:49:57 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

watdafukisthis, is that right?
— rocker (View Profile)

Posted on 10/24/2006 5:19:46 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

Toyota is the laughing stock of F1. The biggest budget for meager results.
— NikolaiPetroff3333 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/25/2006 5:38:23 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

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