2009 F1 Season

[hrd-hr30]

none and buckley's?

too bad Toyota's usual modus operandii of 'rock up, dump a shit-load of money on the problem, win' didn't come to fruition. 7 years, not once on the top podium spot. ouch

F1's a very different beast to other motorsport discilpines

might have been different if they threw more money at a real good experienced driver? They've had the raw pace on a few occassions over the years.

[Roy]

I think Trulli is good enough to get the job done if the car is good enough

[hrd-hr30]

when the planets are aligned correctly...

[TALBO]

It was rumoured that Mercedes were going to buy into Brawn GP. Interested to see also if Ron Dennis comes back to McLaren as team principal now that his best mate Max has gone!

[Roy]

Reaing EVO a few issues back they wre talking about the new McLaren road car and his focus on making that part of the business work.

Does anybody remember the number of cars that must be on the grid otherwise promoters can murder Bernie? Forgetting the new teams for a minute.

Sauber and Toyota gone, and possibly Renault. ( i expect them to pull out, i dont care that they signed Kubica). So thats only 14 cars on the grid. I am half expecting one of the new teams to pull out, or at least fall over mid season when their hack has been or rookie driver bins too many cars and they cant keep pace with actual chassis etc etc

So is it 16 cars that must be on the grid as promised to even promoters? I think Bernie is going to have to get busy with some support for some people

[sav man]

now Toyota are gone I thought Sauber were/could be back

[sh@un]

Reaing EVO a few issues back they wre talking about the new McLaren road car and his focus on making that part of the business work.

Spot on. He's running the sports car and automotive technology section of the business now.

The day to day running of the race team is Whitmarsh's gig.

[ctjet]

after waiteing 25 years, try prying that gig from his cold dead hands

[sh@un]

Let's see what results He and the rest of the team can grind out of next years sled

I hate this huge off season wait

[blackrex]

Reaing EVO a few issues back they wre talking about the new McLaren road car and his focus on making that part of the business work.

Does anybody remember the number of cars that must be on the grid otherwise promoters can murder Bernie? Forgetting the new teams for a minute.

Sauber and Toyota gone, and possibly Renault. ( i expect them to pull out, i dont care that they signed Kubica). So thats only 14 cars on the grid. I am half expecting one of the new teams to pull out, or at least fall over mid season when their hack has been or rookie driver bins too many cars and they cant keep pace with actual chassis etc etc

So is it 16 cars that must be on the grid as promised to even promoters? I think Bernie is going to have to get busy with some support for some people

24 car at the moment Roy, minimum in most of the contracts is 14 cars, so 5 more teams can drop out before Bernie has any issues that way, and all he'll do at that stage is enforce the rule regarding to top teams needing to field 3 cars.

[dezz]

top teams needing to field 3 cars.

Giving Fisi a seat....Awesome...

[Ashy Larry]

The return of Kimi to the Fezz with a 3 car team!!!!!

[TALBO]

Might not be such a silly idea now that they might be struggling to get a full grid of cars

[ctjet]

my money is on Dunlop to jump in and save the day

pretty unlikely Michelin will come to the rescue of the FIA after the way they were treated

[Kaido_RR]

hmm

from everything i read on f1 news site, seems like hard/dark times for f1 atm. i serious hope it doesn't fail, i follow it religiously!

[sh@un]

the wheelers'n'dealers at FOM can be trusted to keep the show on the road

[Marco-R34GTT]

Fark this, I'm going to watch FIA GT Championship, BTCC and DTM....

I mean I'll still back Webbo and the Fez, but this is farked, it really is just farked...

[sh@un]

don't be a drama queen

[TALBO]

LOL!

[Ashy Larry]

Emmy for best F1 whinge for 2009 goes to Mark