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Op maandag 1 februari 2010 20:07 schreef Sinister-D- het volgende:Het team staat ook nog niet op de lijst met deelnemers op de officiële site. En die is normaal gezien redelijk up to date.
Toch zou die beslissing vandaag komen, zie onder bericht van afgelopen donderdag op patronisef1.com
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In one of the dullest news stories about anything ever, Formula One's governing body is set to make a final decision on the newly BMW-less Sauber team's car entry numbers for the 2010 season at Monday's F1 Commission meeting in Paris.
Thrilling stuff, we're sure you agree.
Sauber have not currently been assigned any numbers on the entry list, after the provisional FIA entry list was issued before Sauber's participation was confirmed.
Technically, the team finished sixth in last season's constructors championship as BMW Sauber, and so are entitled to the numbers 11 and 12, but with Toyota, 2009's fifth placed team, having withdrawn from the sport, they could be shuffled to 9 and 10.
However, the provisional entry list already allocated those numbers to Williams, so any attempt to shoehorn Sauber back in there will have a knock-on effect for little number sticker makers worldwide, with Williams, and hence every subsequent team, having to shuffle down the list.
According to reports, the Sauber team's refusal to drop the official "BMW Sauber" entry name is down to a desire to ensure they are granted the numbers 9 and 10, but the FIA may alternatively decide to save everyone an awful lot of hassle and give them 26 and 27 instead.
The issue will be resolved at Monday's F1 Commission meeting, which will also see a number of other, slightly less facile, issues resolved, including the team proposals to tweak the points system, mess up qualifying with gimmicky tyre rules and reduce the tyre allocation for each driver at a race weekend from 14 to 10.
According to some reports, the Monday meeting also represents the deadline for the struggling Campos team to secure it's future, with the FIA seeking to rubber stamp the 2010 entry list.
The possibility of the Campos team, which needs investment in order to fund their 2010 season, being replaced by the Stefan GP outfit remains a possibility.