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The BMW Formula One Team had a resounding success in 2008 as Robert Kubica took the team's maiden win in Canada. The 2009 season was supposed to be the year BMW serious challenged for both the driver and constructor championships. It hasn't. The year has been a disaster and changes are going to happen. This includes the issue of who will drive for the team in 2010?

BMW likes stability. The team has fielded the same two drivers, Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld since the 2007 season with Heidfeld being there since the 2006 season. In Formula One, this is considered a long streak. Alas, the question is whether the streak will continue and all indications are it will not. Let's take a look at the pros and cons of each driver.

Nick Heidfeld likes to be called "quick Nick", but the statistics don't really bear this out. He has been much better than Kubica in the current campaign, but consistently underperformed in previous seasons. He is a tough nut to figure out. He can do brilliant things like pass both Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton in a car that is not quite the measure of theirs, but then drive around the back of the field for three or four races in a row. His qualifying leaves a lot to be desired, but he has an ace in the hole in that he is German and BMW is known to prefer to have at least one German driver.

Robert Kubica is the first Polish driver in the history of Formula One. He has been brilliant during the first two seasons he spent at BMW. In the 2008 season, he both snagged the first win for the team and led the driver's standings half way through the season. His star was rising so fast it was considered only a matter of time till he and the team were on the top step of the podium on a regular basis.

Then the 2009 season hit.

Like his team, Kubica has had a very rough year. He regularly is stuck in the last few rows of the field after qualifying and doesn't show much during the race. The problem is clearly the car, but the driver has done himself no favors by continually complaining about it and the team. This is in contrast to Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton who have had equally bad cars, but have tried their best to remain positive and keep spirits high on the team while further development has occurred. Interestingly, Ferrari and McLaren are bouncing back to the front of the field while BMW is not.

So, will both drivers be back in 2010? Based on the 2009 season, it would appear that Robert Kubica would be in trouble. The powers that be at BMW are not fools. They know Kubica is a star waiting to happen and will not release him. Heidfeld is a bigger question. All indications are he will be out of a ride based on his overall performance across four seasons. Nico Rosberg has been touted as a replacement, but nobody really knows till it happens.

What will happen? I would look for Kubica to stay and Heidfeld out. In a surprise move, it will be Timo Glock moving from Toyota to BMW instead of Nico Rosberg. You heard it here first!

Dirk Gibson writes BMW articles for DCJ Auto Parts - your source for BMW aftermarket parts.

Return Of The Driver/Owners

Back in the primitive days of NASCAR racing, if you wanted to race, you had to buy an old jalopy, or even go as far as searching through an old junk yard. After you brought the car home, you had to refurbish it in a way to where it can race without falling apart. Perhaps you had to buy or even build a racing engine. Basically, it was your car that you towed to the track every week. As the sport grew, drivers continued to race their own cars; however, drivers began to accept rides with established teams owned by former drivers or businessmen.

In 1992, the late Alan Kulwicki captured his only Winston Cup championship with a team that he owned, and had owned since he began racing in NASCAR in the mid-1980’s. Darrell Waltrip, Ricky Rudd, Geoff Bodine, Brett Bodine, and Bill Elliott followed that trend hoping that they too could win a championship in their own equipment. They were in control of their own destiny. They were all great drivers, so it made sense that they believed that they could make the driver/owner deal work.

Unfortunately, these drivers could not duplicate Kulwicki’s accomplishment, not even former champions Darrell Waltrip and Bill Elliott. By the late 1990’s, it was clear that if you wanted to compete for a championship at this level, you needed to be a driver only, and you needed to race for an established owner, such as Rick Hendrick, Jack Roush, or Richard Childress. In the early 2000’s, driver/owners became virtually extinct. Most drivers came to their senses.

However, in 2005, Robby Gordon opened up Robby Gordon Motorsports, and he hired himself as the driver. He had previously raced for Richard Childress Racing, a team that owned six titles. Robby Gordon earned all three of his career wins with Richard Childress Racing. Since his transition into NASCAR ownership, his results have been less than stellar. Nevertheless, he has been able to maintain the company and retain adequate sponsorship.

Gordon’s venture into ownership was predicted to fail, and thus far, it has not failed. Not long after Gordon started his organization, Michael Waltrip moved his team up from the Nationwide Series and into the Sprint Cup Series. Michael Waltrip Racing became one of Toyota’s flagship teams. It was a three-car effort with sufficient sponsorship and funding. That is rare in driver/owner situations, but Waltrip’s no ordinary driver. Before he became an owner, he was a driver/salesman. Now you have to add another slash and then owner to his title. Waltrip and his teams struggled mightily in 2007, but they have vastly improved in 2009. They formed an alliance with another Toyota team, JTG Daugherty Racing.

Tony Stewart, the two-time champion, joined the ranks of driver/owners. He acquired fifty percent ownership in what is now Stewart Haas Racing, formerly Haas CNC Racing. Stewart’s name and previous accolades made it easier for sponsors to join the new venture. He was able to lure another top driver, Ryan Newman, from another top team, Penske Racing. Stewart and Waltrip are beginning to thrive as NASCAR Sprint Cup owners, but they have partners with deep pockets, something that Elliott, Waltrip, Rudd, and the Bodines did not have in the 1990’s. Other drivers such as Jeremy Mayfield and Joe Nemechek have taken the plunge and have become owners at the Sprint Cup level.

Kevin Harvick and Dale Earnhardt Jr own teams, but they are in the Nationwide Series. That is where Michael Waltrip’s team began. Harvick also owns a Camping World Truck Series team.

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