Wurz to lead new F1 team
The Austrian, who began the season as Brawn's reserve driver, is now bidding with his business partner Christian Baha to launch Team Superfund under next year's budget cap rules.
But with multiple official entries, including the dissident nine FOTA teams, vying for just 13 spots on the 2010 grid, Baha told Austria's Kurier newspaper that he is serious about succeeding.
He revealed that another representative of the foray will accompany Wurz for the Istanbul talks, because "to request (an entry) just once would be too few".
To another newspaper, Kleinen Zeitung, 35-year-old Wurz said: "This is no PR gag."
Austrian Christian Klien, currently BMW-Sauber's test driver, has been mentioned as a possible driver, but on Thursday he was quoted as playing down the speculation.
05/31/09 Formula One driver Alex Wurz has decided to take on the role of Team Principal for a potential new competitor planning its inclusion on next year's starting grid, Autosport reports.
In addition to the USF1, Prodrive, Lola, and Campos operations vying to join the ranks of Formula One, it appears that investment firm Superfund – with the company's Austrian founder and racing enthusiast Christian Baha at the helm – is working on its own project as well and has filed its registration with the sport's governing body, the FIA.
Team Principal Wurz is looking into forming a partnership with an existing UK-based team, in which facilities could be rented or shared in the same physical space while Superfund constructs its own factory elsewhere, perhaps in Austria.
The Autosport report also indicated that the necessary money was in place, in addition to a deal with Cosworth as an engine supplier.