Red Bull buys Jag??

[DjDrOmusic]

According to to an Email I just got from a friend, a British racing magzine, is reporting that Red Bull has purchased Jaguar and that they want to team David Coultard with A.J. Allmendinger next year! I don't have a link and I have no idea if it's true, just letting you know what my friend told me. :confused:

[JLMannin]

Here's a link to one story: Red Bull makes offer, Ford pondering (http://www.f1central.net/news/1099659522.html)

and here is another. (http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=31524)

[Cam]

Another. (http://crash.net/uk/en/news_view.asp?cid=1&nid=102619) Link actually mentions DC and AJ.

[TedN]

Duplicate post deleted.

[denith]

http://www.f1central.net/news/1100392014.html?PHPSESSID=e8c7d0d0910bc38563dd0974 ebd2af83

This says "Jaguar Sold"

[Railbird]

My first thought on that driver lineup is "over the hill" and "not quite ready", but in reality it's perfect for a team trying to find it's way out of the doldrums.

Just another interesting matchup in a year that's already full of them.

[pchall]

Two questions:

What is a "token amount" after all the $$$ and £££ Ford poured into Jaguar F1?

Will Red Bull rebrand to their own or do they get to keep the Jaguar name?

[Railbird]

The Jaguar name is owned by Ford and won't be retained from what I've read. I would assume it would be "Red Bull something or the other" since Deitrich Mateschitz seems to be all about marketing.

Selling it for a token amount doesn't suprise me. Ford just wants to stop the bleeding and put this embarassing episode behind them.

[pinniped]

Uhhh...about the bleeding...one has to wonder what they were expecting in the first place...it is formula one after all...

Jaguar should be in racing out of respect for its history - maybe Ford can come up with enough money to fund a sports car team at least...

[Cam]

AtlasF1 is now showing a front page article that Red Bull have confirmed this is a done deal.

[oddlycalm]

Jaguar should be in racing out of respect for its history - maybe Ford can come up with enough money to fund a sports car team at least... Apparently current Ford management is content to simply point to their 40yr old successes and pump out the occasional GT40 replica... :shakehead

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[Hard Driver]

Here is the new livery

http://www.itv-motorsport.com/News_Article.aspx?Group=1&PO_ID=31584

[southernchampfan]

What's the latest with AJ?

[Ozarkian]

Here is the new livery

http://www.itv-motorsport.com/News_Article.aspx?Group=1&PO_ID=31584

Wonder who the potential Chinese sponsors are?