BMW F1blog and the Exit of BMW From Formula 1

The news came today that BMW is officially withdrawing from Formula 1 at the end of 2009. This has been a shock to many people and Nick Heidfeld has already voiced his shock to the news, but for the last couple of weeks I have had an uneasy feeling about the future of the team. A colleague of my wife who lives a mere few miles from Hinwil said he had heard rumors about an uncertain future of the team and it got me thinking and waiting for a bomb to be dropped and it certainly did.

This decision to exit F1 has effectively caused the exit from F1 of this blog, obviously. However, I will not be continuing with the blog beyond today except for a post now and again if important news other than the withdrawal comes up. BMW is very closed when releasing information making it difficult to say the least to run a blog about them. In recent weeks the only news coming out of the BMW Sauber camp was that a new piece or 2 are being introduced to the car and their will be an improvement. This has been repeated time and time again with little to no improvement. This being really the only news coming out makes blogging on the team difficult.

My membership to the BMW Sauber Race Club came due 2 weeks ago and waiting to hear any news on the stability of the team, I held off on renewing. Good choice.

For the most part I have enjoyed running this blog, but it has been hard at times with little information making it beyond the walls of Munich or Hinwil. Now with the team leaving and the only news being about the pullout, the end of BMWF1Blog has come.

To all Entrecard advertisers, I have stopped accepting ads and will certainly keep the site up until the cue has emptied.