本田正式宣布退出F1 巴頓面臨暫時性失業

ravemother

新報訊【記者趙勇】北京時間昨天，日本本田公司召開發布會正式宣布將退出F1。公司CEO福井威夫表示，這是迫于困難的經濟情況作出的決定，並且在短期內沒有計劃繼續向F1提供引擎。

　　“這個困難的決定是根據全球汽車工業面對的迅速惡化的運作環境所作出的。”本田CEO福井威夫在發布會上說。“因為全球經濟的不確定因素仍在繼續上演，因此本田必須保護其核心商業行為和未來的安全。”“我們將和本田F1車隊以及其引擎供應商──本田賽車發展部門的合作人就這兩家公司的未來進行協商，這包括將車隊出售。”福井威夫繼續說道。據5日出版的《泰晤士報》報道，昨天傍晚車隊經理已在車隊位于布蘭科里的工廠召集員工開會，告訴大家本田已不再向車隊注資，車隊會支付給大家3個月的薪酬。然而對于本田車隊的英國車手巴頓來說，這個消息顯得尤為沉重。最近幾年，巴頓的日子並不好過，同為英國車手的漢密爾頓如日中天，而他自己唯一的一次分站賽冠軍還是在2006年。此外，由于目前其他車隊2009賽季的車手位置都已基本確定，所以巴頓要想在2009年重返F1賽場，恐怕只能寄希望于哪家公司來收購本田車隊了。

　　本田車隊從1964年開始參加F1大賽，並取得過3次冠軍。在2008賽季中，本田車隊以14個積分位列排行榜第九，最佳成績是由巴頓在銀石賽道取得的第三名。有外電分析指出，作為老牌車隊的本田的退出，加深了人們對F1這項燒錢運動未來前景的憂慮。

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Honda's decision makes sense. F1 is a sport that literally burns money.

BarF1

Ai ...... devastated

startroops

Very disappointed indeed.

But what's everyone's take on the possibility to have all race cars powered by Cosworth engines?  It could make the races more competitive but the whole manufacturer championship race would be gone...

Anyway, just sad to see Honda pulled out 'cause I wanted to see how their new race car could measure up with other teams.

rockypath

I saw on another news report saying that runing a F1 fleed need to have an annual budget of 500 million US annually.

Never know it is that expensive to anticipate in F1 race. No wonder Honda makes the decision.

ravemother

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_1

In March 2007 F1 Racing published its annual estimates of spending by Formula One teams. The total spending of all eleven teams in 2006 was estimated at $2.9 billion. This was broken down as follows; Toyota $418.5 million, Ferrari $406.5 m, McLaren $402 m, Honda $380.5 m, BMW Sauber $355 m, Renault $324 m, Red Bull $252 m, Williams $195.5 m, Midland F1/Spyker-MF1 $120 m, Toro Rosso $75 m, and Super Aguri $57 million.

Costs vary greatly from team to team; in 2006 teams such as Honda, Toyota, McLaren-Mercedes and Ferrari are estimated to have spent approximately $200 million on engines, Renault spent approximately $125 million and Cosworth's 2006 V8 was developed for $15 million.[58] In contrast to the 2006 season on which these figures are based, the 2007 sporting regulations ban all performance related engine development.[59]

BarF1

原帖由 rockypath 於 2008-12-6 16:32 發表
I saw on another news report saying that runing a F1 fleed need to have an annual budget of 500 million US annually.

Never know it is that expensive to anticipate in F1 race. No wonder Honda makes th ...

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"Ultimately, a 1 yen appreciation of the Japanese currency against the dollar costs Honda about $200 million—the last thing an automaker needs at a time when global demand is slowing."

So if yen to dollar drop 2 yen, thats enough for a year budget ...