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**Futfwrca** · 12-06-2010, 09:45 AM

Like every thing else the word (world) has evolved.
Ferrari (the old man) called all the English teams 'Garagistas' (sp) in that they did not build the entire car but bought engines and gearboxes.
Many, many years ago I was in the March and Ensign F1 'factories.'
March was in several scuzzy industrial mall units. The F1 and F2 mechanics were fired at the end of the season and then hired back to build customer cars at even lower salaries.
The Ensign F1 team was in a converted WW2 Quonset shed and the full time team was Mo Nunn and two mechanics.
Chevron, although not a F1 team, was housed in an old Victorian mill.
Both March and Ensign ran what were considered 'factory teams' as did Chevron in F2, F5000 and Atlantic.
As an aside that was F1 before Bernie!!!!!!!!

12-06-2010, 09:45 AM	#5
Futfwrca Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 424 Senior Member	Like every thing else the word (world) has evolved. Ferrari (the old man) called all the English teams 'Garagistas' (sp) in that they did not build the entire car but bought engines and gearboxes. Many, many years ago I was in the March and Ensign F1 'factories.' March was in several scuzzy industrial mall units. The F1 and F2 mechanics were fired at the end of the season and then hired back to build customer cars at even lower salaries. The Ensign F1 team was in a converted WW2 Quonset shed and the full time team was Mo Nunn and two mechanics. Chevron, although not a F1 team, was housed in an old Victorian mill. Both March and Ensign ran what were considered 'factory teams' as did Chevron in F2, F5000 and Atlantic. As an aside that was F1 before Bernie!!!!!!!!
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