autosport.com - 12/4/2008
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Honda set to announce F1 exit plans Formula One is bracing itself for an announcement by the Honda Racing team on Friday morning that could pave the way for one of grand prix racing's biggest names to exit the sport. Amid the worldwide financial downturn and the impact that has had on Honda's ...
indystar.com - 12/6/2008
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indystar.com —
Honda's decision to withdraw from Formula One will
have no bearing on its participation in the Indy...
Racing League, according to a statement released Friday by the company's U.S. motor sports arm. "It is unfortunate that current global economic ...
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Honda will stay in IRL | IndyStar.com | The ...
news.bbc.co.uk - 12/4/2008
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news.bbc.co.uk —
Honda is pulling out of Formula One, blaming
the world economic crisis for plans to sell its...
team. The decision leaves Englishman Jenson Button and 2009 team-mate Rubens Barrichello without drives, with only a few mid-ranking seats still available. ...
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BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Global crisis ...
grandprix.com - 12/4/2008
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grandprix.com —
Honda Motor announced yesterday that its sales in
the United States in November had fallen by 32%...
in comparison to a year ago. This was around the same drop as Toyota reported on Tuesday.
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Something is going on at Honda...
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How will Honda quitting affect F1?
F1 Fanatic —
... The Formula One Teams Association met today to discuss future cost-cutting plans and claim they have “agreed to further measures implementing substantial cost cutting for 2009 and 2010″. Details of how this will be achieved are not known yet. ...
The sky is not falling. Not here. Not yet.
My Name Is IRL —
... Over in F1 the good folks at Honda have decided that spending hundreds of millions of dollars to win one race in the last three years is probably not an effective investment. They announced they are pulling the plug on their Formula One team, reducing the curent grid count for the worlds premier open-wheel racing series (ahem) to 18 cars - and that's amid talk that fellow Japanese manufacturer Toyota may soon follow Honda's departure. ...
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