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BMW switch focus to 2015

BMW switch focus to 2015

Hinwil, Friday: BMW Sauber boss Mario Theissen has today announced his team’s plans to switch their development focus to the 2015 season, following a disappointing start to 2009. Rationalising the decision, Theissen went over BMW’s ambitious system of “target-setting” for each year of competition. “In 2006 we wanted [Read More]

Swiss police in BMW investigation

Swiss police in BMW investigation

Hinwil, Friday: Police forces in the Swiss canton of Zurich have begun a formal investigation into the BMW Formula One team’s headquarters today, after reports of an outbreak of “humour” in the factory. Reports suggest that office staff in the facility were using their computers to share comedic websites when they should have [Read More]

BMW not so smug about sandstorms

BMW not so smug about sandstorms

Sakhir, Monday: BMW Sauber boss Mario Thiessen has admitted that his team is no longer so smug about the improved weather they had hoped to find in their Bahrain tests, after last week’s sessions were disrupted by sandstorms. Thiessen was quoted in the press a few weeks ago as saying that other teams’ decisions not to [Read More]

New road-relevance proposals met with scorn

New road-relevance proposals met with scorn

Hinwil, Thursday: Formula One teams have reacted angrily to proposals by the FIA to make the sport more “road relevant” from 2010 onwards, with BMW Sauber in particular leading the protests against the planned regulation changes. In a news conference last week, FIA President Max Mosley insisted that Formula One had to “meet the [Read More]