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| BMW on the way out | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 29 2009, 05:56 AM (920 Views) | |
| TheCompleteGuitarist | Jul 29 2009, 02:37 PM Post #31 |
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Bet they are cracking open the champagne at Williams. After last season I bet BMW thought Williams were on their way out, but Williams are racers and BMW just make cars for business man. |
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| Red Andy | Jul 29 2009, 03:44 PM Post #32 |
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I think that's exactly the reason, regardless of whether or not it was reasonable for the FIA to expect Prodrive to have built their own car given the ambiguity about the customer car rules for 2008. Though it was the teams (Williams and Spyker/Force India), not the FIA who prevented customer cars from being legalised. |
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| TheCompleteGuitarist | Jul 29 2009, 04:43 PM Post #33 |
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Rosberg's options are slimming down. I'd reckon on staying put being the best option. |
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| Rob | Jul 29 2009, 04:45 PM Post #34 |
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Wouldn't go that far, but I'm sure Frank might have a smug look on his face for a few days. |
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| Steelstallions | Jul 29 2009, 05:00 PM Post #35 |
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| RJHSaints | Jul 29 2009, 07:36 PM Post #36 |
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Wow, what a bombshell. I thought maybe Renault or Toyota might have left this year, but not BMW. Disappointed to see them go, but hopefully someone else will step in and take their place. With regards to the above statement by ASAPF, just how many drivers are Ferrari going to have next year? Alonso, Raikkonen, Massa coming back, and now Kubica? Maybe Schumacher to Ferrari? He's apparently going to drive their car til the end of the season you know...... Also, Heidfeld I think will get a seat somewhere, he is too good a driver not to be in F1. |
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| Rob | Jul 29 2009, 09:45 PM Post #37 |
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Eh, I'd have to say that until shown otherwise Alonso and Massa would make a damn good pairing. |
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| dazzerjp | Jul 30 2009, 07:19 AM Post #38 |
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I won't miss BMW. Hopefully they can bow out in grace as Honda did. |
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| Norbert | Jul 30 2009, 09:31 AM Post #39 |
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I find it wonderfully ironic that the only team insisting that KERS was to be used this year rather than delayed, thereby incurring massive extra running costs to all the teams, who subsequently ditched all plans to use it much to the annoyance of the rest of F1, has to pull out on what is basically economical grounds. Don't forget to indicate when you leave the paddock.
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| Lex | Jul 30 2009, 09:50 AM Post #40 |
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sure that Nando wouldn't mind the fact that Massa may be considered a Ferrari fave and Nado'd be the new boy?
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| Red Andy | Jul 30 2009, 10:05 AM Post #41 |
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Nice one. |
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| stradlin24 | Jul 30 2009, 10:32 AM Post #42 |
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needless to say Frank gets the last laugh again... |
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| AndyW76 | Jul 30 2009, 10:33 AM Post #43 |
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Yeah, Honda, them bastions of fairness. I'm sure Aguri Suzuki was smiling on the day honda buggered off out of F1. |
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| Rob | Jul 30 2009, 02:26 PM Post #44 |
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Oh yes, then again at 25.5 to 8, I bet he's already had a few deserved snickers.... |
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| Rob | Jul 30 2009, 03:00 PM Post #45 |
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I don't know if this has been stated or not, but does BMW leaving open the door for another team who got rejected to now get into F1? |
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