Renault to quite F1 too?

[Reaper]

Renault considers Formula 1 exit


Renault have held an emergency board meeting in Paris to discuss pulling out of Formula 1 with immediate effect.
The French car company was considering whether to remain in the sport with its own team, switch to simply being an engine supplier or quit altogether.
The outcome of Wednesday's meeting was not immediately forthcoming.
News of Renault's possible exit comes on the day Toyota said it was quitting F1, becoming the third car company to leave the sport in the last 11 months.
Renault's emergency board meeting was attended by F1 team bosses Bob Bell and Jean-Francois Caubet, although neither man was allowed to take part in the debate about the team's future.

Renault have had their least competitive F1 season since 2002 and finished eighth out of 10 teams in the constructors' championship after Sunday's final race of the season in Abu Dhabi.
The company came under scrutiny for the team's involvement in the Singapore 2008 race-fixing scandal, in which they decided not to contest charges that they had asked Nelson Piquet Jr to crash to aid team-mate Fernando Alonso's bid for victory.


Motorsport's governing body the FIA gave Renault a ban from F1, suspended for two years, as punishment, while team bosses Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds were forbidden from attending FIA-sanctioned events.
Last month, Renault signed the highly-rated Polish driver Robert Kubica to lead their team in 2010 as a replacement for double world champion Alonso, who has moved to Ferrari.



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[Pub247]

wont miss the racing team but its not good for the sport i hope they continue to supply engines at least if not i hope red bull can get a mercedes engine instead

[S.O.S]

Read bull is better off with mercedes power.

[azza221]

I think they should at the least remain an egine supplier before half the field is running COSWORTHS!

[licd]

Is it just me or does it feel like f1 is running on its last legs. Personally motogp has been providing more entertainment but even that is lacking the ridiculous tire smoking corner exits and the rodeo style riding that it once used to have.

[greenfoam]

Formula 1 needs alots of money it's just in a slump with the rest of the world right now. I'm sure if the rest of the world ever comes good again, F1 will also, it's still the top Formula for racing cars. I haven't watched moto GP since they went to the 4 stroke bikes (borrring)

[immortality]

nahhh, this is all internal politics. the teams want more of the profit that is made by max mosley. the old bastard might cough up some more cast but i recon not. needs it for his dodgy parties

[minux]

I haven't watched moto GP since they went to the 4 stroke bikes (borrring)

damn straight, was watching a season review of 94 i think it was the other day, no traction control, no rider aids, just pure rawness of 500cc goodness

[dirt drifter]

in breaking news (well half a week ago) renault reakon they will stay on for 2010.
they sold a fair chunk of the team to some european company we've never heard of, and their drivers (still unconfirmed) might not be household names either.

apparently if shumacher passes a medical for his neck injury he could well be in a mercedes (brawn) next year