Comments on: Renault considers withdrawing from F1

By: Cupid Stunt

Cupid Stunt — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:40:19 +0000

Totally agree Captain – the man gets no respect from me, he’s so stupid he doesn’t even know he’s knackering the sport with his greed.

By: Captain Mainwaring

Captain Mainwaring — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:50:36 +0000

Why any responsible entity would want to keep tipping money into that megalomaniac idior Ecclestone’s pockets defies the imagination.

By: Carz

Carz — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:18:20 +0000

Maybe the reason why they’re withdrawing is because they know Ferrari and Merc are tough competitors…still it’s worth trying, being optimistic is still the best. Another reason is the most common, financial crisis…

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:21:25 +0000

Well Toyotas boss crying heavily in the press conference makes me think its not a move made out of spite of the restrictions imposed.

Its like if your house was being auctioned because you couldnt afford it, you would be crying.
If you were selling your house at auction because you couldnt stand the neighbours of the local council, you would be selling it with a sense of relief.

By: Reckless1

Reckless1 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:31 +0000

I don’t think it’s so much the GFC that has caused major competitors to leave F1.

I think it’s squarely Mosley’ and Ecclestone’s fault. Two dictatorial monsters have wrecked the whole F1 circus.

Eventually people get tired of rules changing every year and sometimes halfway through the year.

The ridiculous testing bans also make it impossible to develop and test new stuff, much of which eventually flows into production cars.

Not to mention the Ecclestone money grab for his own benefit. He wants to reduce the cost of F1, but just ask the venue managers if the big B is willing to reduce his costs – no way.

By: Reckless1

Reckless1 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:55:39 +0000

Why then would Red Bull participate?

They don’t even sell cars.

By: Minnow

Minnow — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:48:02 +0000

Maybe they could run good ole’ Bazza and Kens retreads from the local tip.

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:08:56 +0000

It’s been a very expensive exercise for Toyota.. over 8 years they had a bigger annual budget than their F1 rivals combined and yet no championship title.. Unlike Renault-BMW-Honda who are also gone

They’re using the GFC as an excuse to pull-out instead of admitting they failed.

By: schuss

schuss — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:58:59 +0000

Maybe Holden should have an F1 team, with the car based on some Korean thing

By: milkyway

milkyway — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:22:46 +0000

I just can’t understand why motor companies participate in F1 races. Will it help to sell more cars? Maybe for Ferrari. If I’m picking up a new car today for practical day-to-day use, I don’t care if the car company has won any races at all. It has nothing to do with the reliability nor build quality nor interior or exterior design nor fuel efficiency-zilch. The development of passenger cars can do without F1 and it’ll benefit everyone-better profits for manufacturers, better value-for-money cars for consumers and a cleaner environment.
So it’s official-we’ll have just one team for F1 in 2010 season- team Ferrari ready to be crowned world champion right from day one.