[情報] BMW to exit Formula One at end of 2009 season...

[mp420 (香腸)]

The BMW Group will not continue its Formula One campaign after the end of the
2009 season. Resources freed up as a result are to be dedicated to the
development of new drive technologies and projects in the field of
sustainability. BMW will continue to be actively involved in other motor
sports series. The landmark decision to restructure BMW Motorsport's
activities was made at the Board of Management's meeting yesterday.

"Of course, this was a difficult decision for us. But it's a resolute step in
view of our company's strategic realignment," explained Dr. Norbert
Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG. "Premium will
increasingly be defined in terms of sustainability and environmental
compatibility. This is an area in which we want to remain in the lead. In
line with our Strategy Number ONE, we are continually reviewing all projects
and initiatives to check them for future viability and sustainability. Our
Formula One campaign is thus less a key promoter for us. Mario Theissen has
been in charge of our motor sports program since 1999. We have scored a large
number of successes in this period, including some in Formula One racing. I
would like to express my sincere gratitude to Mario Theissen and his team for
this," said, Reithofer.

Dr. Klaus Draeger, the member of the Board of Management responsible for
development, said: "It only took us three years to establish ourselves as a
top team with the BMW Sauber F1 Team. Unfortunately, we were unable to meet
expectations in the current season. Nevertheless, our ten years of Formula
One experience have had a major impact on our development engineers. We have
racing to thank for numerous technological innovations as well as the
competitive spirit that drives us to develop mass-produced cars." Possible
redundancies in Munich and Hinwil cannot be quantified at present. Says
Draeger: "Since we only made this decision yesterday, we cannot provide any
more precise information. We will develop and assess various scenarios and do
our best to find a solution for the employees in Hinwil and the staff members
involved in the Formula One project in Munich. We are aware of the
responsibility we shoulder and will inform the staff as soon as we can make a
clear statement."

Says BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen: "Of course, we, the
employees in Hinwil and Munich, would all have liked to continue this
ambitious campaign and show that this season was just a hiccup following
three successful years. But I can understand why this decision was made from
a corporate perspective. We will now focus sharply on the remaining races and
demonstrate our fighting spirit and put in a good result as we bid farewell
to Formula One racing."

BMW will continue its programs in a number of motor sports series: BMW will
appear on the starting grid in the touring car series and young driver
promotion program in Formula BMW. This will be supplemented by BMW's
participation in ALMS, the American Le Mans Series, endurance races and
close-to-production customer sports. Furthermore, BMW Motorrad Motorsport
will continue its campaigns, with the super bike world championship leading
the way.

BMW looks back on a long track record of success in the field of motor
sports: BMW achieved eight Formula One victories from 1982 to 1985 with
Brabham. In 1983, BMW won the driver's championship with Nelson Piquet
(Brabham BMW). The last win with the legendary turbo engine followed with
Benetton in 1986. Ten victories were scored during the partnership with
Williams (2000-2005). BMW had a total of 19 grand prix wins and 33 pole
positions before the BMW Sauber F1 Team era.

In its debut season in 2006, the newly established BMW Sauber F1 Team wound
up fifth in the constructor's championship. In 2007, the German-Swiss team
came in second after McLaren-Mercedes' exclusion from the points standings.
The 2008 season saw the team in the hunt for the world championship until the
end of the season, winding up third. Polish-born Robert Kubica achieved the
first and hitherto only GP victory in Canada on June 8, 2008. So far, the BMW
Sauber F1 Team has taken one pole position (Kubica in Bahrain in 2008) and 16
podium finishes. The BMW Sauber F1 Team occupies the eighth spot in the
manufacturer's standings in the season presently underway.


http://www.bmw-sauber-f1.com/html/en/index_2.html


簡單講就是明年不玩了....

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推 corlos:好短，笨田起碼也撐了4年
推 ubear:！！！！！！！！！！！！！              慢走不送。._.\~/
→ corlos:我一直想說，車隊這麼多，引擎供應商這麼少
→ corlos:笨田跟BMW就不想供應一下？
推 smartclever:才爛一季就不玩 紅軍21年沒拿WC還不是繼續玩下去
→ smartclever:連轟打都爛兩季 頭又大爛了不知道多少季還不是照玩
推 RealGarden:F1果然沒有什麼賽車運動精神，只有錢與實績，畢竟這運y
→ RealGarden:動太花錢了？？
推 corlos:頭又大其實沒有像笨田跟BMW爛的那麼誇張過，非常尷尬的成績
推 metalfinally:金融風暴也是有關系吧...
→ metalfinally:Sauber要不要把車隊買下來XD
推 astushi:可以在跟willams合作阿
推 BoardTurtle:看來最後車廠退出 又會回歸小車隊作戰 科技競技就降低
推 Pepe1981:有點難過 看著車隊來來去去 突然對現今的F1感到厭倦
推 ubear:各位現在認清了車廠們的真面目了嗎？lol
推 mstar:       ：哭哭..
推 zebirlin: 這一切都是痿大摸死你的德政啊~~
推 roxinnccu:所以Dororo終於有機會回麥隊了嗎～前陣子Norbet,H才在說
→ roxinnccu:希望有德國車手，不過跟螺絲寶比起來...
推 Ruri:這才更顯得法拉利在F1特殊的地位呀,真的是不離不棄
推 ubear:                                         太老了。lol
→ roxinnccu:Norbert Hung
推 ubear:            Haug啦。lol
→ roxinnccu:重新去跟威廉士合作不知有沒有搞頭
推 smartclever:頭又大2005年以前好像都是廠隊墊底的 這不夠爛嗎XD
→ roxinnccu:BMW好像當引擎供應商比自己run車隊成功....
→ roxinnccu:車輛科技尤其動力系統科技上限制越發嚴格，估計應該會讓
→ roxinnccu:車廠覺得不想再投入了我猜
推 Lipatti:(亂入) 郭董買下來吧! 買個客製引擎 就算跑得跟現在一樣糟
→ Lipatti:至少上面要打什麼台灣的廣告應有盡有 弄個一年再退 怎樣算
→ Lipatti:都比去美國報紙買大家略過的版面來得有效益(請官方出資)
推 etduke:BMW這幾年自己RUN比在威廉斯好吧...
→ etduke:SAUBER可以考慮再起XD  找VAG合作啦!!!
→ etduke:車隊名稱Audi-VW   Porsche運作車隊  Lamborghini掛名引擎
→ etduke:還有啥比這個更嗆XD  最好SC權利買下來 讓Bugatti下場當SC
→ ubear:然後下一個發這種新聞稿的就是VAG集團。lol
推 etduke:BMW不像是因為跑得不好才退  今年退是剛好找到藉口吧...
噓 hikkiqoo:說來就來說走就走喔...威廉斯好可憐QQ
推 evo2001:現在威廉斯跟BMW也沒關係了吧，慘的是Sauber...
→ etduke:公司營收有影響  股東當然會對比較燒錢的部分有意見
→ etduke:BMW是要全部退出嗎?!  還是想回到引擎供應商角色?!
推 wolfgangc:應該只是換名子吧...
→ etduke:噓BMW疼惜威廉斯的  是LAG好幾年了嗎XDDD
→ etduke:推換名字 可能冠名權+幾個主管換人而已
推 Pepe1981:威廉斯好可憐????? 你是多久沒看F1了 XDDDD
→ etduke:威廉斯如果資金部份不解決 也會.........
推 danko85709:跟威廉斯有什麼關係...
→ etduke:我覺得 Toyota跟威廉斯 一個純出錢一個純管車隊 會強很多倍
推 femckog:好啦資金拿去砸SBK跟GP啦。      這樣就不玩實在是.....
推 corner0111:lambo有在玩賽車嗎?
推 e46m3s15:不是這樣吧.....         我好想哭阿...
推 wolfgangc:牛蛙都有在玩阿...只是不在F1
推 rayzart:ＳＢＫ！　ＳＢＫ！　ＳＢＫ！　ＳＢＫ！　ＳＢＫ！
推 chrissuen:T_T
推 TaiwanFlight:喔
推 hbket:真的很糟糕！雷諾的車賣那麼慘都繼續玩了...BMW真的沒有心！
推 hbket:不過目前看下來真的剩VAG最有實力進來玩！論財力他們沒話說
→ hbket:技術的話也是一流的！前幾天又把保時捷買下來，變成旗下集團
→ hbket:該有的真的都有了，新興市場又賺錢，預算應該可以很高
推 corlos:跟市售車的銷量無關啊，樓上
推 TaiwanFlight:當然有關  跑的那麼爛肯定會影響到銷量的
→ AEM:麥拉拉一天到晚縮缸、掉東西時  MB車還不是一堆人買
→ AEM:HONDA一天到晚煙火秀時  路上還不是看到一堆人在開
推 kmaster:VAG參加F1的機率太低了,10幾年來傳聞沒停過,沒一次成事
推 s851959:隊上兩個這麼好的車手 是要學本田後悔嗎？
推 t0126x:賽車跟汽車銷量沒有影響的~~F1Racing之前有做過
→ t0126x:專題報導,有機會可以看看
→ t0126x:乾脆Mario把車隊買下來吧~仿效BRAWN GP
→ u1302094:Mario沒那個本事，他是BMW內部的人，跟Ross的立場不同。
推 ShowMing1218:Mario GP 中譯 馬力歐賽車
推 MerinoSheep:不意外 今年BMW可以說是被FIA婊得最慘的車隊
→ kmaster:一個多月前還在FOTA.....現在看來格外諷刺XD
→ kmaster:真的不必太相信這些大車廠,說撤就撤的
推 rayzart:這會引起骨牌效應嗎? 豐田會...
推 metalfinally:豐田如果也離開，那Williams跟中嶋也要哭哭了
→ metalfinally:Cosworth：Williams, Welcome Back！
推 hbket:我的意思是...VAG集團車賣的好，所以財力比較雄厚！
→ hbket:這樣如果玩F1，投入的預算應該可以比較高吧！
推 Wi11iam: 我喜歡酷皮卡，希望他明年還會繼續在場上跑
推 gorhow:NISSAN快進軍吧 哈 我亂打的
→ u1302094:日產雷諾本一家。lol  雷諾已經在F1了XD
→ u1302094:K大師說中了我想說的話XD
推 haiang0612:BMW起碼把kers用在市售車了....
推 MikaHakkinen:先前我烏鴉嘴開玩笑說搞不好BMW會撤，還真的 = =
推 MikaHakkinen:先不說兵長的首勝何時到來，這下子他又得為明年的飯
→ MikaHakkinen:碗煩惱了......
推 etduke:BMW並沒有把KERS用在市售車上喔.... 煞車能量部份轉存
→ etduke:但跟KERS差異頗大 簡單來說 效率還不及頭又大的油電混和
推 Aeruon:Mario GP、可以開放使用香蕉皮嗎？
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作者: fatmouse (鮪魚鼠) 看板: FORMULA1
標題: Re: [情報] BMW to exit Formula One at end of 20 …
時間: Wed Jul 29 22:42:50 2009

早在Concept CS專案決定取消的那次祕密會議
就已經有傳聞F1參賽議題，也是圓桌上討論項目之一

那時應該算是金融風暴影響正大時
BMW無預警的發佈了一堆信心喊話的PR

CEO除了持續振奮投資者士氣外，同時也修正了多項公司營運方針
持續EfficientDynamics與Project i外
也扼殺了眾多車迷計畫的8er重生- Concept CS(4dr Coupe above 7er)

也許國際局勢並沒有更糟糕
但是要復甦也不是短暫，看看持續下探的美國銷售量...

許許多多的比賽...
也許讓我們與FIA省思的是，F1早就變成一種商業活動與鉅額投資

就目前而言，VAG絕對有實力 但敝人並不認為VAG需要！
放眼集團策略；Audi會是最佳品牌，但LeMans與DTM早就足夠證明了
更不用說現在VAG買下近半Porsche AG股份...
長遠來說，Porsche AG債務與高額利息 肯定會對VAG現金流與資產結構造成影響

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