Dallara says F1 challenge ‘fascinating’

Talk about your slow news week

Gian Paolo Dallara says building a Formula 1 car for the Campos Meta team will be a ‘fascinating’ but ’scary.’ I get the fascinating part but the scary not so much – not unless The Flav in a mankini is involved. (Good luck getting the mental imagine scrubbed from your brain.)

Dallara:

I’ve accepted this opportunity with enthusiasm. It’s scary, but it’s exciting for me and for my entire company, because this is a fascinating challenge that tests energy and creativity. We’ve been working for three months already.

[The goal is] having the car running around January 10. Let’s hope it’s quick. I mean for Campos, but also for us. We have strong people with fresh experiences like Gabriele Tredozi, who for years was the technical head at Minardi, and like Ben Agathangelou, aerodynamicist for Red Bull and Ross Brawn’s Honda. And then there are our people, all of them good.

Team boss Adrian Campos:

The model will be in the wind tunnel for the first time next week. We have set up a company called Dallara-Campos to build the cars in a new factory. We are recruiting 200 people. I am interested in being in a situation where everyone agrees, whether that is FOTA or whatever,” he said. “I think there is always a big commotion in F1 every seven years or so, and this is one of those times. Now there is an open door to finding a solution, and as a new team it is important for us to help in this.

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