Quote from carey :

I think there was a feature not too long ago where, BMW’s F1 drivers went to visit some sort of motorsport academy, so there’s investment and maybe they’re indeed looking more towards the future. Also the Sepang circuit’s an impressive facility, where if I’m not mistaken BMW have one of their schools, plus with the GP2 Asia series and Pacific Formula BM’ there’s more going on motorsport wise than you (me or anyone) might have originally believed.

Fair enough.

Quote from NSX_FReeDoM :

It's not exactly Lotus is it? It's not even British.

and since when did F1 become A1GP?!

Oh my goodness. That is exactly what I was thinking just a few days ago!!! First Force India and now USF1... team Malaysia too? I'd much rather have the team named after a race car builder or a manufacturer of a product such as Lola, Sauber, Williams, Merc than a bunch of countries. That's just ridiculous. Also, the medal idea is plain stupid. The A1GP influence needs to stop.

Something about new teams and signings from Heidfeld and Klien:
http://www.crash.net/f1/news/1 ... g_2010_driver_market.html

anyone taking bets on how many of the new teams have dropped out by dec 31st 2010 ?

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