This article was posted on F1racing.net on July 25th 2005
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Paul Stoddart has urged Hyundai to accelerate into F1 with
Minardi. The Australian team owner has heard speculation linking the Korean
car manufacturer with Samsung and former BAR boss David Richards' likely
interest in mounting a F1 bid.
"I have had no approach from them at all," Australia's Stoddart insisted,
"but I would like one. That is the kind of way I would like Minardi to go."
The Minardi chief made the plea as Eddie Irvine and vodka
mogul Roustam Tariko were linked with his Faenza squad.
Paul said he briefly spoke to Irvine, the former Ferrari and Jaguar driver
whose talks to buy Jordan broke down, at Monaco. "I am aware he is
shopping," Stoddart said of the Ulsterman, "but he is one of five people who
are."
