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Bad year for F1.
I think it's a good year.
In regards to BMW pulling out, I don't care.
I've never really given a stuff about the team, and I'm not prepared to do so now. I don't even give a stuff about the drivers. I just wan't to see who replaces them.
Thank you for not considering the seven or eight hundred people who may have no jobs after the end of the year. Your view is most appreciated.
Yeah.
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These guys won't lose their jobs. They are qualified pit mechanics etc, in which one of the new teams will greatly snap up. Not a worry.
Sauber have never looked like they would compete for a championship, and they never will. I would, however, like to see Mr. Sauber take on a Cosworth engine, but if he doesn't want to stick it out despite being rich and having 700 people's jobs on the line, then that just gives me an even better reason to keep on disrespecting the team.
It's funny, you ask me to list all of the teams in Formula One. I always forget Sauber. Why? Because it's a useless middle-order team that has gone neither forwards or backwards.
That said, my deepest sympathy (although it seems like I don't have a heart) goes out to their fans, and any failed team pulling out of Formula One is a sad moment indeed.
I feel sorry for Heidfeld who may never get a Formula One win, despite consistently finishing in the points. His story is better than Webber's in my opinion - and he is the new Chris Amon.
BMW really shouldn't quit. Look at Williams - they have more reason to quit than Sauber - who've actually won a race in the last year - but they are actually sticking it out. In my opinion BMW should've tried harder. But this team seem to never have tried hard enough, so why should they try now? Like I said - stuff'em!
Better than Toyota, better than Williams, better than Torro Rosso, and certainly better than Force India.
These guys won't lose their jobs. They are qualified pit mechanics etc, in which one of the new teams will greatly snap up. Not a worry.
Sauber have never looked like they would compete for a championship, and they never will. I would, however, like to see Mr. Sauber take on a Cosworth engine, but if he doesn't want to stick it out despite being rich and having 700 people's jobs on the line, then that just gives me an even better reason to keep on disrespecting the team.
It's funny, you ask me to list all of the teams in Formula One. I always forget Sauber. Why? Because it's a useless middle-order team that has gone neither forwards or backwards.
. The only highlight from BMW was that special 1-2 from Montreal. Otherwise the team have not done anything special in the last couple of years in my opinion.
But that was Williams not BMW.I still have a BMW Williams top. I supported them when Damon drove for Williams. I liked them best then. And they did well then. Didnt like it when they dumped Damon though
Sauber working on team rescue deal
By Simon Strang and Dieter Rencken Saturday, August 1st 2009, 16:04 GMT
Peter SauberFormer team principal Peter Sauber is believed to be working alongside BMW motorsport director Mario Theissen to secure a rescue package for the BMW Sauber Formula 1 team, following the German manufacturer's decision to withdraw from the sport at the end of the season.
Sauber, who sold the team in 2005 to BMW following more than 25 years as a racing car constructor in F1 and sports prototypes, told a hastily convened press conference in Switzerland that he had vowed to do all he could to save the jobs of his former employees.
"I will do everything humanly possible," Sauber was quoted on Bild's website as saying. "I can't do wonders and I certainly do not want to be team boss on the pitwall again.
"The problem is that time is short and we need to find a solution quickly."
Citing a similar situation to the one faced by Honda, where Ross Brawn and Nick Fry brought together a financial deal to safe-keep what became the Brawn GP team, Sauber said the final decision remained with BMW's board of directors.
"I've told all my people that I will use all my contacts, but I can't guarantee anything. I am an advisor to BMW but ultimately only they can decide how to drive it forward."
Sauber told the press conference that offers of investment had already been received for a potential rescue package and that he had forwarded these to BMW.
"The best solution would be a Ross Brawn-type solution at Honda," he said. "You need at least ten years to amass a team which can produce a F1 car to the level required and if we let this team fall apart the chances are that Switzerland will never again have such an opportunity."
Sauber, who retains a 20 per cent shareholding in the team, remained confident a solution could be found to keep the Hinwil-based squad in F1, adding: "I must add that in my 17 years in F1 I have solved bigger problems."
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. 
If a rescue deal is found, I would really like to see the team revert back to just Sauber, just like in the good old days.
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. 
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