I do not understand he wants him.

I especially do not understand that he would allow Pedro to hold things up.

So I'm not going to go jumping for joy over this the way everyone else has.

What I have a problem with is people believing the Spanish press as soon as they print something, despite their history of blatant tabloid-isms, like making things up.

The GP2 car weighs almost 700 kilos without the driver, the weight limit in F1 with the driver is 600 (usually using ballast to bring it up to the required weight."

This is the minimum weight. an 850kg F1 car would still be legal.

Bjørn

Source: GMM
Category: Formula One | June 29, 2009, 7:38 pm

The 2010 debut of the new Spanish formula one entrant Campos is still on track despite the scrapping of budget cap rules. The Spanish outfit signed up for next year’s championship on the basis of the FIA’s published regulations to limit technical spending to 45m euros per team per season.

But according to Gian Paolo Dallara, boss of the Italian racing car design outfit bearing his name, news of the FIA’s agreement with FOTA has not put a spanner in the works of the Campos project.

“We are continuing as if nothing had happened,” he told GP Week, explaining that the design of the 2010 Campos-Dallara began three months ago.

Despite the published 2010 technical regulations, it seems Dallara took the (ultimately correct) gamble that the ‘two tier’ elements of the rules would ultimately not proceed.

“Our car will be 2WD without the possibility to refuel and without KERS. We have worked on 2009 specification adding the extra fuel capacity required for 2010,” said the 72-year-old.

Dallara, last involved in F1 with Midland in 2006, said a team of 40 engineers, to expand to 80 in the near future, are currently working on the Campos car at his Parma headquarters.

Of the other two new teams, US F1 insists the budget cap axe makes no difference to its plans, while Manor admits the events of the past week has made its preparations for 2010 “more difficult”.

Can a GP2 car modified in such way that it suits F1 reg?

I mean this question has NOTHING to do with Campos tho...

The GP2 car weighs almost 700 kilos without the driver, the weight limit in F1 with the driver is 600 (usually using ballast to bring it up to the required weight. Assuming your driver weighs at least 70 kilos that means they would need to shave off 170 kilos from the car, whilst simultaneously strengthening the cars crash structures. Shedding a Kilo from an F1 car requires hundreds of hours of FE and Stress analysis work.
Heck taking 170KG out of Joint Strike Fighter took BAE Systems, Rolls Royce and Lockheed Martin's best brains months to achieve!

My goal is to be, someday, world champion in Formula 1. I'm eager to meet my new team mate to get to work and develop the car as soon as possible.

I suspect it would probably be harder and more costly to do than starting from scratch.

According to Cadena SER the second driver will be Pastor Maldonado with PDVSA as the main sponsor, the Spanish sponsor could be Mango.

I just hope Mango's logo to be white letters over black background and not the other way around because a black and blue/red livery would be so much better than another white and blue/red car.

I don't know if this has been comment yet, but Bruno Senna will drive for free this 2 years, no salary for him.

he has personal sponsors Ebratel and Banco Nacional (speculations..) .....app. 7 mil. $ for him per year

And the reported Spanish flag on the nose?

What is it about people?

Someone from the team - in this case, Adrian Campos, the owner and the guy it is named after - says one thing, that they've narrowed it down to two drivers. At the same time, a news report emerges, which contradicts what Campos has said, and claims they have already signed a driver and have sponsorship lined up. And ywt you choose to believe the news report over the word of Campos himself.

Why?

And the reported Spanish flag on the nose?
Like here.

Nah, too cheesy. Save that for USGPE with extra helping of cheese. Campos mega will be classy and big balled racers.

Delivery date for their first car is down for the end of January apparently.

The car seems to be in a well developed state! I've sat in the monocoque, 'made a seat' and tested the power steering system!

I was happy to see the team really investing in the project!

The provisional delivery date for the first car is the end of january.

Lack of sponsors may hinder De la Rosa's seat

I think this will be a such a pity.

'Interesting' position for Adrian Campos and B. Senna, isn't it?
With Maldonado or Petrov bringing huge sponsorship money, they would become something like a #1 driver.

Well, Pitpass states that B. Senna Lalli brings sponsors, too. And previously, A. Campos Suñer announced his "prime objective of being not only the first Spanish Formula 1 team, but rather the first Iberian-American F1 team." Venezuelan P. Maldonado would fit in nicely with that goal.

Toni Cuquerella, the Campos engineer overseeing Dallara's work,

If I'm not wrong he's the former Kubica's track engineer.

'Interesting' position for Adrian Campos and B. Senna, isn't it?
With Maldonado or Petrov bringing huge sponsorship money, they would become something like a #1 driver.

Bruno Senna's team, Campos Meta F-1 receives first 'homologation' from FIA
Team Principal says that there is still long way to go until 2010

The Campos Meta F-1 Team, which will make its debut at the World Championship next year, informed on Monday that their cars received the first approval by the International Automobile Federation (FIA).

The new team, through which the Brazilian Bruno Senna will run, said in a statement that on November 18 technicians of the FIA granted the approval after a test conducted at the company's chassis builder, Dallara, in Parma, Italy.

Adrián Campos, Team Principal, said that "there is a long way to go," but said the team has "tranquility to continue fulfilling all the steps to be able to run in the first race on the calendar in March in Bahrain".