Toyota Pull Out of F1
 

Another one bites the dust, that's all Japanese involvement gone.. (Bridgestone leave next year).

They couldn't carry on with the money they were spending with so little success.

I've also Renault are making a decision this week.. Wouldn't miss Renault..

I've also heard Toyota via Lexus are hoping to race at Le Mans next year :D

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Nooooooo!!!

who is going to give Kobayashi a drive now?.... :(

a dark day for F1, alsmost as dark as when NPQJ got kicked out :(

Opens up a spot for BMW's new owners though...

Sportscars, Sebring and Le Mans..

Wouldn't say it's a dark day as for the amount of money they have spent they haven't even delivered a win.

I just hope someone has the sense to get Kobayashi in an F1 car for 2010.

He's mental (and quite good) and exciting to watch!

I second that Chris, that's exactly what I was thinking, word for word :thumbsup:

Hamilton and Kobayashi!!

Exactly what I thought when I heard the (not too surprising tbh) news :cry::cry:

Can we have a word with Cree about a STR drive? :thumbsup:

G

Not really up to me!

I'd love to see him in F1 next year though, just probably not in one of our cars!

Bad times for the guys at Toyota, lots of them too. Amazing that they were the team who objected so strongly to the 40 million budget cap, then pull out a year later due to costs :bored:

i guess thats one less team open to Raikonen :)

The doors are wide open for Team Oople now. I'm sure if we all contributed a few quid we could raise the necessary team budget..assume we'd be ok running Lipo's? :D

I thought Raikonen was going back to Maclaren, that'd be a team hard to beat :thumbsup:

I don't think Raikonnen really gives a monkeys about it all to be honest. If I were a team principal that would be a big problem for me if I was considering him. Yes, when he is in the mood he can be truly inspiring but lets be honest, the more successful he's been the less he seems to be in the mood. The last time he seemed genuinely interested was when he was thrashing a Punto rally car about - perhaps he really does need to consider a new challenge even if only for a year to regain some interest for F1.

I think Audi have never got into F1 because - understandably - it is too far removed from their core customer base to be commercially worthwhile. I reckon even Ferrari's tenuous link with the win-on-Sunday-drive-on-Monday ethos is getting a bit thin now. When I see a Ferrari California (OK maybe I only see them on Forza 3 but still) I don't automatically think of a magnificent GP car thrapping through the tunnel at Monaco, I think pretentious overpaid tosspot spoilt brat Premiership footballer/WAG.

Nay, no KERS next year :p

Bayashi and Button in BrawnGP :thumbsup:

Now that would be interesting!

First key move was Alonso to Ferrari. Driver shake-up won't move much now until Brawn declare their duo. Rumours are they are waiting for Mercedes to take a (large!) stake, but it's not happened yet. One reason they haven't declared Rosberg as their rumoured driver is maybe because they're waiting for some money? If it doesn't arrive...? I wonder of that's why we haven't heard who the drivers are for all the new teams?

Sorry to see Toyota go, but as their 'green' credentials (Prius et al) go higher, and their success on the F1 track didn't, one could imagine that there was more than money to consider.

Audi? Audis are, according to Top Gear, driven by cocks. Cocks don't usually like F1. Simples... ;) :D

And there's a big possibility that RENAULT might pull out as well --->

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/8343221.stm

If they do, unsure what will happen to Kubica :(