Other than this active/movable/flexible aerodynamics are outlawed by the FIA in F1 currently.

Dr. Theissen has also indicated the strong possibility of BMW pulling factory support from the WTCC, leaving BMW with only customer cars racing in the independents category, and the national championships (e.g. BTCC and STCC).

If BMW leave F1, they would not have a factory presence in a world championship (aside from the Superbikes, which doesnt really count!)

I for one wouldn’t object to BMW pulling out of F1, I was a massive fan – but now it’s become a clown show I’m loosing interest rapidly.

BMW focus on LMP racers for a while, whilst expanding their range of GT class cars (hard to imagine a GT1 6 series or M3 though)… whilst still offering S2000 & S2000D class cars for customer touring car teams.

… then there’s also the DTM… I’d like to see them there, but I don’t think I could stomach them loosing to Audi and Mercedes race after race, which would be quite likely to begin with.

And BMW, from a very strong constructor 3rd place in 2008 goes to 8th so far this year, with Kubica finishing only 4 out of 6 races (got tipped off by Vettel in AU and the brakes fiasco in Monaco) to date and zero points. And in those 4 races both Kubica and Heidfeld showed poor performances, along with Ferrari and McLaren – last years leaders.

I am not a huge BMW F1 fan, but I enjoyed watching Kubica last year and see how BMW was getting closer to the leaders vs how dissapointed I am this year as I dont see things improving at BMW at all, they have major reliability issues, as does Ferrari, and they’re so off the pace because their package is simply not competitive this year.

Ferrari seemed to have improved in Monaco, finally, as it was getting boring to see the Brawns or the Redbulls on the podium each time

Monaco is such a drivers circuit, where qualifying is key as overtaking is extremely difficult. Although, Kubica had bad luck with his brakes, Heidfeld who was 16th on the grid and finished 11th but with 5 cars retiring, he essentially didn’t advance at all or loose any positions. Is it the poor package (both heidfeld and kubica complained all weekend about controlling the rear of the car), or the difficulty of overtaking to be blamed only? I don’t think so. Could the added downforce help in the slow corners or a better engine? absolutely, but that’s not all, not in Monaco.

Do I think Heidfeld and Kubica can do better? absolutely, look at Button – for years he hasn’t won anything until he got into a very competitive car. Similarly, with a few exceptions, I think it’s primarily a package problem and so I hope BMW will step up their game in the next races to challenge the first row incumbents this year. Apparently new upgrades are coming for Turkey, let’s hope it will be an interesting race.

Robert Kubica is a competitive guy. I’m sure they expect some fire from him. I hope they can tell from all the data where they are losing the most time. I’m also sure they will make the most out of their effort to move forward. Good Luck!

Second, do they know what is wrong? Is it only the aerodinamics? or is it at base level from a chassis design point? Cause, if it IS only the aerodinamics, they can fix it (way too late, but fixable). If it is the chassis… start working on next years’ car.

That brings me to the third. The confusion of what is to happen next year. If there were a next year, that could serve as an insentive to encourage the team to work towards a winning performance -kinda, start from scratch sort of thing, put this year behind us. In stead now, what are they working towards? Saving face before the season end maybe?

If there is a team that can make a championship contending car, it’s this one. But, morale needs to be build up first though.