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[racechick]

I thought Whitmarsh's comments were interesting. Until today I thought they were borderline cos the FIA have them by the short and curlies. In quali when asked if Mclaren would be racing in F1, his first sentence was, "McLaren will be racing" he then went on to give platitudes. In fact of all the ones questioned I felt he was the strongest in suggesting an alternative.
That makes Ferrari, McLaren. Renault, Toyota, Red Bull, BMW. Some big names there. Brawn will go to the best place when they know where that is.Force India are nop great loss, shame about Williams but they've made their choice.

[myownalias]

If all these teams do go their own way outside of F1; I doubt that many of the drivers who have worked their way into F1; not the ones gifted a drive by having a famous surname will want to stay in F1 because that is their life long goal. I will keep watching F1 regardless of whether Ferrari, McLaren and co are racing in the sport or not. But I firmly believe that all the current teams with the exception of maybe Toyota and BMW who are rumoured to be off at the end of the season anyway will be racing in F1. We'll end up with a compromise similar to what Norbert Haug had suggested. F1 will remain F1; teams come and go; it'll simply be F1: the next generation!

[darwin dali]

If all these teams do go their own way outside of F1; I doubt that many of the drivers who have worked their way into F1; not the ones gifted a drive by having a famous surname will want to stay in F1 because that is their life long goal. I will keep watching F1 regardless of whether Ferrari, McLaren and co are racing in the sport or not. But I firmly believe that all the current teams with the exception of maybe Toyota and BMW who are rumoured to be off at the end of the season anyway will be racing in F1. We'll end up with a compromise similar to what Norbert Haug had suggested. F1 will remain F1; teams come and go; it'll simply be F1: the next generation!

[myownalias]

If all these teams do go their own way outside of F1; I doubt that many of the drivers who have worked their way into F1; not the ones gifted a drive by having a famous surname will want to stay in F1 because that is their life long goal. I will keep watching F1 regardless of whether Ferrari, McLaren and co are racing in the sport or not. But I firmly believe that all the current teams with the exception of maybe Toyota and BMW who are rumoured to be off at the end of the season anyway will be racing in F1. We'll end up with a compromise similar to what Norbert Haug had suggested. F1 will remain F1; teams come and go; it'll simply be F1: the next generation!

On videocassette; wow... I do have all seven seasons on DVD though... F1 in space; cool four wheel drifting in zero gravity!

[bud]

If all these teams do go their own way outside of F1; I doubt that many of the drivers who have worked their way into F1; not the ones gifted a drive by having a famous surname will want to stay in F1 because that is their life long goal. I will keep watching F1 regardless of whether Ferrari, McLaren and co are racing in the sport or not. But I firmly believe that all the current teams with the exception of maybe Toyota and BMW who are rumoured to be off at the end of the season anyway will be racing in F1. We'll end up with a compromise similar to what Norbert Haug had suggested. F1 will remain F1; teams come and go; it'll simply be F1: the next generation!

do you watch GP2? F2?

[racechick]

Stephano Domenicalli-my respect for him grows! Did you seee that interview with him. He made Bernie (Empty stands) and Max ( pig headed)look petty and arrogant. He didnt sound like he was about to give in either.

[myownalias]

If all these teams do go their own way outside of F1; I doubt that many of the drivers who have worked their way into F1; not the ones gifted a drive by having a famous surname will want to stay in F1 because that is their life long goal. I will keep watching F1 regardless of whether Ferrari, McLaren and co are racing in the sport or not. But I firmly believe that all the current teams with the exception of maybe Toyota and BMW who are rumoured to be off at the end of the season anyway will be racing in F1. We'll end up with a compromise similar to what Norbert Haug had suggested. F1 will remain F1; teams come and go; it'll simply be F1: the next generation!

do you watch GP2? F2?

I've not seen it since it's change of name from F3000 but if F1 racing was more like the old F3000 then I would be happy, wheel to wheel racing and loads of thrills and spills. F1 has become a little stagnant for me; too much predictability for my liking; we can assume that the outcome of Turkey will be Button winning baring him crashing out, we don't even have engine failures to spice up the results like we used to before the new engines usage restrictions came in.

[bud]

and you can thank the FIA for all the points you just mentioned.

[myownalias]

and you can thank the FIA for all the points you just mentioned.

I never said that I agreed with everything that the FIA has imposed/suggested; but I agree with the idea of the budget cap; but not the amount; wouldn't you like closer racing? do you want one or two teams dominate the whole sport? Do you want to see Jenson Button winning nearly every race? I don't even necessarily disagree that teams should have a say but recent actions from FOTA teams are unacceptable; threatening to quit because they haven't got their own way, teams can have a say but not dictate; FOTA self regulation is a bad idea!

[myownalias]

There's an interesting interview with Sir Frank Williams about Williams' "suspension" from FOTA on ITV-Sport.

Link: http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?Type ... l&id=46066