Teixeira could buy into F1

Johannesburg - South African businessman Tony Teixeira is looking at buying into the new Campos Meta team as a means of entering F1.

Teixeira, who is the boss of the faltering A1GP series which has failed to run any of its first three races this season, had previously tried to enter F1 by buying into the Spyker and Honda teams, without success.

Campos Meta, one of four brand new F1 teams for 2010, is looking into bringing an investor on board by selling part of the team according to the Autosport web site.

"I was one of the guys talking to Honda in the last two weeks. We had done a deal on Spyker, but I let Vijay (Mallya) take it...," said Teixeira last year.

"We then went to Toro Rosso in November and all the (other) teams said 'no customer cars' so I had to walk away. Today I'm in a completely different situation. I've built my own cars and designed my own chassis. I have my own factory. So I'm not a customer boss. I can now build my chassis and run with a Ferrari engine. I'm now the same as everyone else."

The A1GP series uses a Ferrari engine but it is unclear whether this arrangement would extend to Ferrari engines for the Campos cars, which are being built by Dallara and will use Cosworth engines.