The question is, why has Stoddart bought the cars?
source: pitpass.com It's understood that Minardi boss Paul Stoddart was one of the main buyers at today's on-line auction of equipment belonging to the Arrows Grand Prix team, first reported by pitpass almost two weeks ago. According to reports Stoddart bought all five Arrows A23 F1 car, which were used right up until last year's German Grand Prix, though it's not known how much he paid. At the weekend it was revealed that F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone had invested £2.6m in the troubled outfit, which according to Stoddart saved the team from 'extinction'. Only twenty-four hours earlier Ecclestone admitted that he had previously advised the Australian to "piss off" out of F1. Over the next couple of days a whole load of equipment belonging to the F1 team which competed in 382 races will go under the hammer, items that will attract serious F1 people and race fans alike. Indeed one could assemble one's own F1 team from what's available, and it's all top quality. "I have never seen expenditure of this size on such a risky business," Ian Gould, of PKF, the company handling Arrows' receivership told The Times. "You have to suspend belief when you see the sort of sums involved. It's like football with two zeros on the end. A lot of people have lost an awful lot of money here." The question is, why has Stoddart bought the cars? It's known that the Australian is a keen collector of F1 cars and at one stage had a considerable collection of Tyrrells, however it's believed he sold many of these last year. Then again his new partner has one of the biggest, and most valuable, collections of F1 cars tucked away at Biggin Hill, but surely he wouldn't need five 2002 Arrows? So what on earth does Paul intend doing with them?
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