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Honda bows out of F1 ! ! ! Economy hurts !
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Re: Honda bows out of F1 ! ! ! Economy hurts !
Honda had never ever reached a minimum level of competitiveness. Basically they sucked and are using the economy to bail out.
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Re: Honda bows out of F1 ! ! ! Economy hurts !
for as good of a car company Honda is & i have a lot of respect for, their F1 team sucked azz from day one, i'm being kind
 . that said F1 as a whole is on a slippery slope.
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Re: Honda bows out of F1 ! ! ! Economy hurts !
.....And to add insult to injury the team that was Honda paced the field in qualifying to capture the front row of the grid and Jenson Button lead every lap and took top step on the podium with Rubens taking 2nd step in Melbourne with a chassis that the Honda team and Ross Brawn developed. It's funny that Honda gave up on last season's championship early to concentrate on the development of the 2009 rules chassis.
Oh, the 1st and 2nd place finishes by a new F1 team in their maiden outting has not been repeated since 1954, when another Merc powered team did it. Kudos to Brawn/Mercedes F1, Rory and the boys sure put the wood to'em. 
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Re: Honda bows out of F1 ! ! ! Economy hurts !
Honda has just got to be kicking themselves right now! A very exciting race. I think this season is going to be great to watch.
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Re: Honda bows out of F1 ! ! ! Economy hurts !
Agree all around. Some good F1 racing action for a change. And nice to see some new folks out front.
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Re: Honda bows out of F1 ! ! ! Economy hurts !
This is interesting.....Jenson put the Brawn on pole in KL and Rubens is in row 2 at the 4th spot. Yarno in the Toyota and Vettel has the Red Bull Renault in 2nd & 3rd respectively! This is great stuff, the usual suspects are conspicious in their absence from dominating the sport it seems for now any way.
I think if Brawn/Merc keeps this stuff up some one at Honda may have some 'splaining to do about why their car without their livery is doing so well so far. I wonder if the Honda vs Toyota thing is like the Ford vs Chevy thing? If so, then Toyota's performance so far may add insult to injury. 
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Re: Honda bows out of F1 ! ! ! Economy hurts !
Well if the rivalry is that hotly contested then some one at Honda sure looks like there is some egg on their face.
Button & company just finished first, in a rain shortened race. Heidfeld and Glock rounded out the podium in 2nd & 3rd respectively in the Petronas BMW/Sauber and the Panasonic Toyota, with Jarno's Toyota in 4th. Ross Brawn had two cars in the points again, with Rubens down in 5th I think. The M & M boys only had one car, Lewis, in the points and the F-car guys had no car in the points. This is starting to look like the championship is going to be an interesting one indeed this year. Jmho, but it looks to be that the rules have handed control of the cars back to the drivers finally. I can't wait for China in two weeks! I wonder if the BOD at Honda is questioning their decision to quit F1 to go with IndyCar?
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