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[What's Burning?]

Rumors all over about the financial crumbling of Force India's head and help coming from high places just to try and keep them on the grid for the 2013 season. Also may explain the Hulk's exodus.

[Jabberwocky]

Marrussia has a lot of job vacancies at the moment

[Joey_Zyla]

I'm surprised. I thought both Marussia seats were already confirmed.

So, now there are two open seats at Force India, one at Marussia, and one more at Caterham.

[LewEngBridewell]

I'm not a fan of all these financial struggles. Early 2000s all over again.

[Jabberwocky]

I think 3 years of being lack luster at the back is taking its toll on sponsorship money.

[scotty]

Rumors all over about the financial crumbling of Force India's head and help coming from high places just to try and keep them on the grid for the 2013 season. Also may explain the Hulk's exodus.

Hm, that's not the first time i've heard that about Force India. And there was that whole bit about unpaid bills with them too. I do worry that they're going to suddenly go out of business one day like Arrows and many others did, and there'll be no one around to buy the team... and that whole facility and all the effort from the staff will be wasted, just cause an idiot at the top doesn't run things properly.

[spankyham]

Hamilton and now Paddy gone to Merc. This can't be good news for McLaren, interesting to see how the team reacts this year. I'm also certain the other front runners will be paying even more attention to Merc.

 wrote:">McLaren technical boss set to follow Hamilton to Mercedes

McLaren could be set to lose its technical director, as Germany’s Sport Bild is reporting that Paddy Lowe, who has been with the Woking based team for twenty years, is following Lewis Hamilton to Mercedes.

The report said that new executive director Toto Wolff wooed Briton Lowe, 50, for a switch to Williams, but Austrian Wolff has subsequently moved to Mercedes.



“This is big news,” Red Bull’s Dr Helmut Marko is quoted.

McLaren declined to comment, according to Britain’s Daily Telegraph.

Sport Bild said the other major changes at Mercedes, including the rise of Niki Lauda and the departure of Norbert Haug, could indicate that Ross Brawn and Nick Fry are preparing to leave.

The most endangered, however, appears to be Fry, with Mercedes’ media statement on Monday saying: “Together with Ross Brawn, Lauda and Wolff will complete the management” of the team.

According to Italy’s Autosprint, Mercedes’ F1 shares are now split between Daimler (60 %), Wolff (30 %) and Lauda (10 %).

As he visited Mercedes’ Stuttgart facilities on Monday, Hamilton said he knew nothing about Lowe’s reportedly imminent McLaren-to-Mercedes switch.

“This is the first time I’ve heard of it,” he said.

Meanwhile, Autosprint reported that Wolff’s move from Williams to Mercedes could result in Williams being powered by a turbo Mercedes engine in 2014.

Wife Susie Wolff, however, is staying as a Williams test driver.

“Very happy for my husband,” she wrote on Twitter. “We will be fighting him hard on track!” (GMM)

[Jabberwocky]

Where does toto leaving leave William s

[racechick]

My big worry is Lauda's finger in the mix. I'm not confident in him. But Whooo what interesting things Ar happening. Feels like a mega shift .just can't wait for this season to start!!!

[Jabberwocky]

It definitely has the schumacher moving to Ferrari feel to it now

[Hammer278]

My big worry is Lauda's finger in the mix. I'm not confident in him. But Whooo what interesting things Ar happening. Feels like a mega shift .just can't wait for this season to start!!!

Whatever they are doing, they better sort it out soon. The season effectively starts in 2 weeks... I'm a bit dissapointed with these changes actually, especially if Brawn is forced to leave. Niki Lauda just comes across as a big mouth to me, why he has so much power in the Merc camp is beyond me.

[LRW]

...... Lauda just comes across as a big mouth to me, why he has so much power in the Merc camp is beyond me.

Because he has a big willy.

[LewEngBridewell]

...... Lauda just comes across as a big mouth to me, why he has so much power in the Merc camp is beyond me.

Because he has a big willy.

LRW speaks from experience...

[What's Burning?]

...... Lauda just comes across as a big mouth to me, why he has so much power in the Merc camp is beyond me.

Because he has a big willy.

LRW speaks from experience...

You could say he put the willy in williams.

[LewEngBridewell]

...... Lauda just comes across as a big mouth to me, why he has so much power in the Merc camp is beyond me.

Because he has a big willy.

LRW speaks from experience...

You could say he put the willy in williams.

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