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[Big Azza]

Well then, this article doesn't make sense?

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/7/9695.html

[darwin dali]

http://tinyurl.com/lmmf5x

[Hexagram]

http://tinyurl.com/lmmf5x

Thats not official... Yet.

[darwin dali]

http://tinyurl.com/lmmf5x

Thats not official... Yet.

Of course not. We'll find out tomorrow...

[Big Azza]

I want to find out NOOOOW!!!!

[darwin dali]

I want to find out NOOOOW!!!!

I thought we Americans are the kings and queens of instant gratification - you Aussies are just as bad

[Big Azza]

I'm trying to get to post number 400.

I'm at 359 now.

[bud]

Kubica to Ferrari!


man i hope they are just having a press conference to tell everyone they have changed the paint scheme of their bathrooms at HQ!

[Rivelution]

Brilliant. My favorite team is pulling out, and whats worse is that they look like quitters. I mean seriously they're quitting after one bad season??

[headless]

I know. They had a long term plan and they were sticking to it fantastically well, (before this year), and now one season goes down the shitter and they are sacking it in.
Look at Mark Webbers set back at the start of this year, they just need to work some more and they'll be back.
But obviously thay can't be bothered.

[Hexagram]

Brilliant. My favorite team is pulling out, and whats worse is that they look like quitters. I mean seriously they're quitting after one bad season??

Yup its official now. I can't believe their pulling out.

[bud]

I can hear max saying told you so

[McLaren Fan]

I can hear max saying told you so

From F1 Live:

This morning BMW announced that they are to withdraw from the sport at the end of the season, creating uncertainty for the staff employed at the Hinwil facility as well as in the drive-train Munich factory. Following the announcement, the FIA responded and reiterated that the decision by the German car-maker underlined the importance of cutting costs in the sport.

"It has been clear for some time that motorsport cannot ignore the world economic crisis," the FIA said in a statement. "Car manufacturers cannot be expected to continue to pour large sums of money into Formula One when their survival depends on redundancies, plant closures and the support of the taxpayer.”

In a swipe at the Formula One Teams' Association, which opposed FIA president Max Mosley’s £40m (€46m) budget cap for next season, the FIA added that massive cost cutting was “needed to alleviate the pressure on manufacturers following Honda's withdrawal but also to make it possible for new teams to enter.
Had these regulations not been so strongly opposed by a number of team principals, the withdrawal of BMW and further such announcements in the future might have been avoided."

The sport’s governing body went on to say that as a result of its determination to drive down costs of competition, new measures are in the process of being agreed that should make it easier for new entrants to join the series and for existing teams to finance their programme.

“It is no secret that these measures do not go as far as the FIA would have liked but a compromise was needed in the interests of harmony in the sport. Hopefully it will be enough to prevent further withdrawals and provide a solid foundation for Formula One,” the statement concluded.

Earl ALEXANDER
© CAPSIS International

[headless]

The people who are against Max Mosely are dying away, Toyota next.

[Gaz]

Mclaren fan's welcome BMW Refugees