Struggling team boss Adrian Campos is hoping that the problems that have beset his team should be solved by Monday.
Speculation has been rife that the team has been crippled by financial difficulties and is unable to pay Italian manufacturer Dallara for producing its car. However the former Minardi driver is confident that the team can still make the grid in Bahrain.
“We are trying to have everything solved on Monday, but people are saying a lot of stupid things,” he told BBC Sport. Some are true and some are not. We are working very hard to be in Bahrain.” ESPN
Campos - who has already signed Brazilian Bruno Senna, the nephew of the late triple world champion Ayrton - would not confirm whether the team would make it to the first race.
He is known to be speaking to South African businessman Tony Teixeira, the founder of the now-defunct A1 Grand Prix series, about buying into the team.
But Campos, who has set up the team in partnership with Spanish businessman Jose Ramon Carabante, said he could not comment on the claims.
“The problem is we have confidentiality clauses in everything we are doing,” he said.
Asked about reports that the team are behind on their payments to Italian race-car constructor Dallara, which they have commissioned to design and build their car, Campos said: “Sometimes we pay the [instalment of] 7m Euros to Dallara and sometimes we don’t have the money. We are trying to solve the problem.”
He did, though, deny claims that Dallara had ended its contract with the team and sold the car to F1 hopefuls Stefan Grand Prix, a team set up by Serbian businessman Zoran Stefanovich who do not have an entry for 2010.
“No, they (Dallara) can’t do that - we have a contract with them,” Campos said. BBC Sport
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