Paul Stoddart
Paul Stoddart
Paul Stoddartis an Australian millionaire airline magnate, and former owner of the Minardi Formula One racing team. He later took the Minardi brand into the Champ Car World Series after his purchase of a portion of CTE-HVM Racing which he renamed Minardi Team USA for 2007...
both car good hopefully planned solid
There is nothing planned for Spa, but hopefully they'll both put in solid performances. The car should be good there and hopefully we can keep the reliability up.
career clear early equally huge natural obvious signs talent team winning
Like many drivers, Fernando started his career with Minardi, and even in those early days, there were obvious signs of his huge natural talent and ability. It was equally clear that with the right team and the right car at the right moment, (Alonso winning the title) was always going to happen.
cars last melbourne ran team
We've got the cars we ran in Melbourne last year, we've got the team and we've got the facility.
carrying march passengers projected
And for us that just didn't happen. We were carrying the same passengers in February, and projected through March that we were carrying, as we were in January.
giving months performance public six stop
We would look at its performance after six months and the only thing that would stop us would be if the public was not giving us support.
agreement both commercial nine
There is a commercial agreement in place with Bernie for both races, with the agreement of nine of the 10 teams,
achieved emotional grown impossible men proud
To see 20 or 30 grown men so emotional made me feel pretty proud that we'd achieved the impossible dream.
bad dollars good losses million money operating week
The operating losses on a bad week were a million dollars and on a good week they were three-quarters of a million dollars. That's the kind of money it was blowing.
certainly finished formula
I'd like to come back. I'm certainly not finished with Formula One.
buyer certain consider key leave love meet potential sad selling serious team
I am going to be very sad to leave this paddock and the sport I love. I have always said, however, that I would consider selling the team if a serious potential buyer could meet certain key conditions.
leave love sad
I am going to be very sad to leave this paddock and the sport I love,
bad formula good prove time
Only time will tell if it is a good day for Formula One or a bad day for Formula One, but unfortunately, and I don't like to say this, I don't think it will prove to be a good day.
buyer certain consider key meet potential selling serious team
I have always said, however, that I would consider selling the team if a serious potential buyer could meet certain key conditions.
formula full happiest proudest
That was the happiest day of my life, not just in Formula One. Full stop. Proudest day of my life,