唔玩喇...F1人人都唔玩喇

Simon

本週，Toyota車廠所擁有的Fuji Speedway正式對外宣佈，由於全球的經濟不景氣，因此從2010年開始將不再舉辦F1日本站。Fuji Speedway從1976年開始舉辦F1日本站，其申辦F1的資歷比Suzuka賽道還早，而在1977年因為Ferrari車隊Gilles Villeneuve的意外事故造成兩名觀眾死亡，因此Fuji Speedway從F1賽程表中被刪除。

raypoon

由上年開始話Fuji 同 Suzuka 一人輪一年....如果Fuji 唔玩..... 感就年年Suzuka lo.....

UK Sliverstone 都好似話下年唔玩....依家改建緊BTCC 果個Donington Park.....下年轉過去

Simon

BMW has announced it will withdraw from the Formula One at the end of the 2009 season as part of a “restructure” of its motorsports activities. The decision was made at a board meeting, as the company focuses on investing in its sustainability technology such as Efficient Dynamics.
http://www.eurocarblog.com/post/2101/bmw-leaves-formula-one

Simon

http://chinese.autoblog.com/2009/07/29/bmw-f1/

Simon

Benz又唔玩啦.

The combination of the continuing global economic recession and the in-fighting in Formula could soon cause another manufacturer to drop out of Formula One. Mercedes-Benz is considering whether to stay on F1 or follow BMW and Honda in withdrawing. Automakers are questioning the relevance and benefits of competing in F1, and the debate at Mercedes has been going on for several months although no decision has been made... yet. Perhaps if relevance is what Mercedes is looking for, they may go back to sports car racing which is increasingly embracing alternative drivetrains, particularly in the American Le Mans Series.

Mercedes-Benz owns 40 percent of the McLaren team and supplies the engines to both McLaren and Brawn. If Mercedes does decide to pull out, it's not clear how that would affect McLaren. McLaren was an F1 stalwart long before Mercedes came on board and could conceivably continue, perhaps using engines from Cosworth. Interestingly, the withdrawal of automakers could take F1 back to the 1970s when most of the teams were independent and aside from Ferrari and Renault most used Cosworth DFV V8s.

[Source: F1-Live]

letsrock

The drop in car sales are just too much.

paul

Ice age for F1 la, no money no talk

Simon

有人唔玩又有人錢多入局

影片分享網站 YouTube創辦人之一赫爾利（圖）將進軍賽車壇，他前日宣佈，將注資明年加入一級方程式（ F1）的美國車隊 US F1，一嘗做 F1車隊班主的滋味，他坦言很高興可成為 40年來首支美國 F1車隊的一分子。

Simon

Toyota又唔玩.
According to the Japanese Mainichi newspaper, Toyota is poised to withdraw from Formula One competition and will not take part in the 2010 season. Though no source is given for the news, so far Toyota is neither confirming nor denying the report.

Toyota has never had the kind of success in F1 racing that it had expected – despite dropping ridiculous sums of money (some estimate well over $400 million per year) into the sport, Toyota has managed zero race victories in seven years and 139 races worth of competition.

At this point, we'll just have to wait for an official announcement, which is currently scheduled for November 8th, but if Toyota does indeed leave before the 2010 season we know that there are a few more teams interested in taking the slot. We also know of some pretty good drivers that may be looking for a new option. Stay tuned. Thanks for the tip, Carl!