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What was interesting that directly after the race,...

Alonso suffered a broken drive shaft after a pit stop that took him out of the race whilst winning. To say the team is a disaster would be an understatement. In fact, they team just lost a big sponsor in Royal Bank of Scotland, which has fallen in the banking crisis. The Austrian will join the Honda Racing F1 Team when winter testing gets underway from the end of November. When Hamilton decided to stop in the pit two laps later, Massa cruised to victory. Hamilton was fine with second place, though, as he had an undisclosed health problem.

A betting man says Honda stays with it through 2009, but leaves F1 in 2010 unless a major breakthrough is made. . There aren't many people though that expects Renault to continue at such a high performance as they did in 2005 and 2006. After his ill-fated pit stop, his engine failed, forcing him to retire from Valencia's Grand Prix. Even with the problems in the pit, the Grand Prix was an incredible race.

They basically have to start from scratch and this raises some very interesting issues regarding who will be on pace next season and who will not. My pick for the team to surprise is Renault. In 2007 things should go better for McLaren. Whether the company is willing to spend the money and time on two to four years of development is doubtful at best given the economic situation in the world.

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