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[darwin dali]

F1live: Mario Theissen is leaving Formula One but will remain BMW's motorsport director in 2010 and beyond.

The 57-year-old German, who entered the sport with BMW in 2000 and became BMW Sauber's team boss in 2006, had hinted he might stay with the Hinwil-based squad in the wake of BMW's F1 withdrawal.

But he told Switzerland's Blick daily: "I will also be responsible for the motorsport activities of BMW in the future."

It is reported that BMW will on Saturday announce its motorsport programme for 2010, amid rumours a Le Mans foray is possible.

Theissen said in other German reports: "Peter Sauber now takes control and will lead the team. For me it is an end and a new era (for Sauber) begins."



He's a good egg(head) - will miss him.

[Gaz]

Mario is reprorted to be concentrating on his Karts, which he said are "super".

[headless]

He is a nice dedicated fella.

[7UpJordan]

Maybe this is what happened when Sauber took the team back.

Dr Theissen: Hiddily-hodily!
Peter Sauber: Get lost Flanders.
Dr Theissen: Okily dokily!

[texasmr2]

He is a nice dedicated fella.

I have always respected him.

[headless]

Your jeaelus of his tasche.

[darwin dali]

Your jeaelus of his tasche.

Nah, I'm ticklish down there...

[madbrad]

An F1 game for my Super Nintendo features a lab guy that I pay to develop upgrades, who looks just like MT.
Yes I said Super Nintendo

[Denthúl]

[Juliet P]

Your jeaelus of his tasche.

Nah, I'm ticklish down there...

[rozer]

I will miss that Quality tash, and the specs

[zurich_allan]

I've noticed a few news outlets reporting on MT's career quite innacurately. They seem to blend together his time as team principal with his time as the head of the engine supply group to report his tenure as being 20+ years in F1, but then say 'he only managed one win in his time', quoting the Kubica win obviously.

The press should have a responsibility to report accurately, so they should either report his 4 / 5 years with BMW as a works team, and single win plus substantial amount of podiums (not making it seem as bad), or report on his 20 year F1 career and include the ten wins he had with Williams in addition to the one as team principal.

MT always has come across as a nice guy, and he deserves to be recognised as being more successful in F1 than countless other people in the past have at the same level.

[madbrad]

Word is he was forced out of the sport because the stache's specs don't meet those for the 2010 season.

[darwin dali]

Word is he was forced out of the sport because the stache's specs don't meet those for the 2010 season.

Yeah, the tickling coefficient is too high even compared to NH's.

[bud]

bye bye