Despite several assurances from Toyota staff throughout the season they have decided to withdraw from Formula 1. Toyota is one of those teams that should have done better but just couldn’t find what it takes to be an F1 winner. Bridgestone are also to leave the sport next year with BMW already bowed out, and now Renault are to hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday to decide whether or not they wish to partake any more. So the question is, has F1 suffered more damage than it can recover from. More teams are certainly signed up to join next year but with the global recession continuing to hurt every economy will they last the course, and will F1 purses be tightened so much it becomes a glorified GP2.
I guess we face an almost agonizing four months before we start to find the answers