This morning in Monaco there was plenty of activity around the ongoing discussions about the 2010 F1 rules and plenty of chat about what was going to happen next.
It seems to be becoming widely believed that Toyota will use this situation to make its exit from Formula 1. They were thinking about it towards the [...]
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Toyota on way out of F1, BMW reflecting?
Posted in BMW, BrawnGP, F1 News, Monaco, Toyota, tagged F1 News on May 24, 2009 | 41 Comments »
BMW boss – Now for the world title
Posted in BMW, Teams, Testing, tagged BMW, F1 on March 16, 2009 | 24 Comments »
Mario Theissen put out a quick Q & A today with some comments about FOTA, a look back at the winter testing and a quandry about whether to use KERS or not at the first race. He makes no mention of the Brawn phenomenon.
BMW’s testing has gone pretty well, but not outstandingly. Many, including myself, [...]
BMW gets a head start
Posted in BMW, F1 News, tagged BMW on January 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s only week one of the 2009 season, but already BMW has its nose in front. By choosing to go to Valencia this week, the expected challengers for the world title have managed to get some serious dry running in, 99 laps yesterday and 116 laps today.
Ferrari got over 100 laps in today on [...]
Can BMW do it this year?
Posted in BMW, F1 News, Teams, tagged BMW on January 21, 2009 | 18 Comments »
Perhaps the most eagerly awaited launch this January was the BMW Sauber team’s new car. This is because the team has been making a steady march towards the front of the grid in the last three seasons and now it needs to make the last and most difficult step of all, to champion status.
A few [...]
BMW – World champions 2009?
Posted in BMW, F1 News, Teams, tagged BMW on December 1, 2008 | 20 Comments »
There have been some very positive noises coming out of Munich recently to the effect that BMW has set its goal for 2009 as nothing less than fighting for the world championship. No big deal, I hear you say, teams always come out with that kind of talk.
Well not BMW. Mario Theissen’s team has [...]
Mario Theissen – One step from glory
Posted in BMW, Personalities, Teams, tagged BMW, Theissen on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Interview with BMW Sauber boss Dr Mario Theissen,
The character of the Formula 1 boss is changing. The old guard were the products of the 1970s; grafters, boys-done-good, men who were passionate about racing, who pulled strokes and called in favours to keep their cars in the race. They pulled themselves up by their bootstraps from [...]
