Ferrari and Renault to leave F1

[James Stern]

Sounds like the 1 set of tires per race fiasco. Maybe they are just tired of pandering to that a$$h*le Eclestone. I sure hope so.

[Trackside]

Being a huge motorsports fan I have always looked at F1 as being the pinnacle of international motorsports. With that being said, I think they should not be limited with budgets. Let them spend as much as they want, they are the "big boys" of open wheel racing. If you cannot play on that level, then you need to go elsewhere.

F1 has always been over the top and full of drama......why stop now!

[bdeutsch]

but this could lead to a very small field...Ferrari, Renault, BMW and Toyota. Unless the economy gets better soon, one could speculate that the field could even get narrower....

Not sure how many people would pay to see that....

[Trackside]

Good point, but they always seem to find some gabillionaire that has more money than sense who is looking to buy his way into a major sporting market for the face time they get on camera.