Honda to quit F1
 

Strong rumours now circulating.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/7766092.stm

Makes sense...

Not cool:-(

Its such shit news.

I'm not surprised, and rather disappointing considering they had a good first season. They had the goods to be back up there, but clearly Honda is running out of money. Not much anyone can do.

Good - maybe this type of action will shake F1 managment into the reality.

They hired Ross Brawn for nothing? :(

Yes, but more alarmingly, is if Honda see it as worthwhile to pull out from F1 as one of the more profitable car manufacturers - what does this mean for the others?
Toyota and Williams may be looking grim also:crying:

I hope more manufacturers pull out of F1. How much can Bernie charge the world to watch Lewis Hamilton play with himself?

To reduce costs next year, Mosley has announced a new plan concerning engines:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72324

I don't think its good for the sport to lose any teams, especially Honda even though they were not very competive but they did have hope. I wouldn't be surprised to see Williams leave soon. Stupid economy

I don't think this will be a permanent thing. Honda's left and come back before. They may still live on as an engine/parts supplier. When things pick up again, they'll be sure to give it another shot. They've got too much racing pedigree to just give it up.

Bummer, but maybe not surprising. Honda must have been wondering when, if ever, they would become competitive. Nick Fry said there are 3 serious inquiries to buy the team.

Now Max wants to force all the teams to use a standard transmission next year, to save costs. Not likely to save cost pushing that at the end of the year. With the KERS systems well into design the teams will incur a lot of costs to adapt them to a different transmission. I bet the biggest teams will make Max back down on that one.

As for Williams dropping ot of F1, not bloody likely. Unlike Honda, F1 is Williams only business and Sir Frank is the toughest in the business.

Not good for Rubens unless he has a sponsor with a boatload of money.

Feel bad for Ross too. I mean they promised him everything, guess it would've been better if he just went back to Ferrari. . .

Typical though, as soon as F1 becomes exciting again, with various teams fighting for race (if not championship) victory, it receives a kick in the head in the form of a depression.