Hinwill wants to see things clearly

The new entity born after the withdrawal of BMW would like to know if its candidacy for the next F1 season is validated or not in order to be able to prepare for 2010.

Published on 06/10/2009 à 16:04

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After BMW's withdrawal from the World Championship F1 At the end of the 2009 season, the team was bought by a Swiss foundation. Still based in Hinwill, the new entity still does not know what its future will hold. Will she be allowed to participate in the 2010 season? The FIA suggested that the team's participation would be conditional on another team withdrawing.

But for now, none of the new teams, Manor GP, US F1, Campos and Lotus, have yet thrown in the towel and none seem ready to authorize the presence of a ?14th team?. A situation which exasperates the current management of the BMW team. “ We will ask the FIA to clarify the situation as soon as possible ", said Mario Theissen, BMW team director in Blick. “ We can only negotiate with partners, sponsors and drivers if we are certain to participate (at the 2010 championship),” he added.

It seems that the stable Williams vetoed the arrival of a 14th team on the starting grid. Campos would also be against this idea. In this case, the FIA will have to quickly decide one way or the other.