Night Owls Chatterboxes - Part LXXII

last SG · 2009-11-16T09:26:02+00:00

buy a whole bunch just to go through one day???

SBS2601D SG

I have exams (albeit just 3 this semester) and projects at the same time.

Mercedes have bought a 75% stake in Brawn and renamed it Mercedes Benz GP. McLaren will still get Merc engines until 2015... there's strong speculation that Button will sign for Macca in a 6 million pound contract.

Macca?

Is that a new team?

And....Toyota is pulling out already? Now left Renault, Merc and Prancing Pony?

Such a shame.

cassie SG

how many teams are there left in F1?

Kuali Baba SG

Macca?

Is that a new team?

And....Toyota is pulling out already? Now left Renault, Merc and Prancing Pony?

Such a shame.

Macca is just short for McLaren.

Toyota have shut down without selling off the team or the facilities, and Sauber have yet to be confirmed, so at the moment we'll have 12 teams.

Toyota's Glock has signed for the new Manor team.

SBS2601D SG

So that leaves Suzuki at WRC for Japanese labels?

Kuali Baba SG

Only Alonso and Massa (Ferrari), Hamilton (McLaren), Kubica (Renault), Barrichello and Huelkenberg (Williams), Vettel and Webber (Red Bull), Senna (Campos) and Glock (Manor) have been confirmed so far. 2010 might well be even more intriguing than this season with so many new driver line-ups and teams.

SBS2601D SG

Who's catching the meteorites tonight?

Kuali Baba SG

So that leaves Suzuki at WRC for Japanese labels?

Suzuki pulled out at the end of last season together with Subaru. There's no Japanese works presence left in F1, touring cars or WRC.

SBS2601D SG

Suzuki pulled out at the end of last season together with Subaru. There's no Japanese works presence left in F1, touring cars or WRC.

!!!

Goodness....I'm so back-dated.

Its such a shame the Japs pulled out.

So only MotoGP is left with Jap labels?

cassie SG

Who's catching the meteorites tonight?

er er er not me!

btw, when does hols start for you?

SBS2601D SG

er er er not me!

btw, when does hols start for you?

dec.

what's afoot?

cassie SG

Suzuki pulled out at the end of last season together with Subaru. There's no Japanese works presence left in F1, touring cars or WRC.

so what are the japs doing then? trying to salvage their bread-and-butter biz?

cassie SG

dec.

what's afoot?

???

SBS2601D SG

???

there must be a motive for asking me.

spill it.

Kuali Baba SG

!!!

Goodness....I'm so back-dated.

Its such a shame the Japs pulled out.

So only MotoGP is left with Jap labels?

That, World Superbikes and the American NASCAR and IRL. I have to find out for myself what's so fascinating about oval racing when I get there.

SBS2601D SG

That, World Superbikes and the American NASCAR and IRL. I have to find out for myself what's so fascinating about oval racing when I get there.

Oh yea.

When are you heading to USA? (did I get the location right?)

Kuali Baba SG

so what are the japs doing then? trying to salvage their bread-and-butter biz?

For them it's bad taste to splurge on racing (which is really just for corporate vanity) while their other employees face paycuts or retrenchment.

Kuali Baba SG

Oh yea.

When are you heading to USA? (did I get the location right?)

I've booked a ticket for 11 Jan. Hopefully there'll be a gathering between the potluck and that date.

SBS2601D SG

I've booked a ticket for 11 Jan. Hopefully there'll be a gathering between the potluck and that date.

Hope you have fun there.

cassie SG

there must be a motive for asking me.

spill it.

oh yeah...i'm so "in love" with you...not!

SBS2601D SG

oh yeah...i'm so "in love" with you...not!

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