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Mercedes Debates Value Of F1 Involvement - May Exit After 2009

Agent009 submitted on 8/4/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 10:40:10 AM

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The value of Mercedes' involvement in Formula One is still the topic of debate within parent company Daimler, board member Helmut Lense insists.



Earlier this year, Lense was quoted as suggesting that Mercedes should be pulled out of the sport in favour of more worthy projects. Now, in the wake of fellow German carmaker BMW's decision to withdraw at the end of 2009, he reveals that uncertainty about the Mercedes engagement is still debated internally.


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Mercedes Debates Value Of F1 Involvement - May Exit After 2009

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LexSucks

Sad news but F1 needs a serious overhaul if they plan on having a future. I've been watching f1 since 1992 and to be frank, I'm tired of it. Eccelstone and Mosely have turned F1 into a nothing more than a high-speed parade.

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Posted on 8/4/2009 11:22:05 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

Agent004

Eccelstone and Mosely have got to go. They have killed the series.

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Posted on 8/4/2009 2:29:43 PM | | Votes: 3   

Agent009

Look at the bright side of things. Toyota make ACTUALLY have a chance to win something in F1 now.

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Posted on 8/4/2009 12:28:28 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

theman

If your looking at profit, I think Mercedes-Benz is perhaps the most profitable company participating in formula 1. They are partnered with Mclaren, who have won last year and were hugely successful the year before.They sell there engines to Brawn and Force India, which is most likely a great source of cash..Brawn-Mercedes is also the leader this year..Which is great publicity..So how does this article make sense?

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Posted on 8/4/2009 1:38:52 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

abcd

Really, what is Mercedes involvement in F1, they provide money but their Formula 1 engines are engineered in Northamptonshire, England. From a technical point of view they have little in common with German maker of passanger cars Mercedes which we can buy.

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Posted on 8/4/2009 1:49:33 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

FanboyOfTheTruth

Unlike other car manufacturers participating in F1 such as Ferrari, BMW, Renault, Honda and Toyota, Mercedes had no knowledge in high-revving engines. All they did in their "involvement" in F1 is to buy a majority share holding in Ilmor and slap on a Mercedes badge on Ilmor's F1 engines. As long as Ilmor stays (after some other interested party buys it up from Mercedes), Mercedes can exit F1 and nothing will really change.

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Posted on 8/4/2009 2:33:38 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3   

Wimmer

"Mercedes had no knowledge in high-revving engines."


Wow, great insight here from somebody who works in the MB engine department!

What are you smoking? You have obviously zero knowledge of MB's motorsport heritage from the late 19th century until now. Mercedes knows damn well how to make a high-revving engine - they just don't produce them for their street-legal cars because it's not part of the company philosophy. But in various motorsport competitions where they have participated they have used high-revving engines with great success.

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Posted on 8/4/2009 3:58:14 PM | | Votes: 5   

FanboyOfTheTruth

If they knew it damn well then why did they have to buy Ilmor and slap their logo onto Ilmor's engines instead of designing their own?

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Posted on 8/4/2009 6:32:06 PM | | Votes: -1   

VISO

They still have DTM. Oh wait, they are loosing there too.

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Posted on 8/4/2009 4:35:35 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Agent63

All the biggest companies are leaving the the F1 circuit. It's quite sad to put a cap on a sport thats also dedicated to R&D. While most of the technology from F1 doesn't trickle down to the mainstream cars right away, they will be used somehow later on in the years following. It's not always about the cars but the drivers.

There is nothing wrong with MB engines. The heavy dreamed about Pagani Zonda F uses an MB engine and listen to it and look at the performance.

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Posted on 8/4/2009 5:35:57 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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