Shit. See I knew this was coming but like someone who just doesn’t want to get on the scales because they’re afraid what they’re going to see, I chose to ignore the inevitable. With BMW effectively buying out Peter Sauber, their commitment to Williams will obviously be secondary to their team proper. That’s just the nature of the beast.

As a Williams fan that’s a serious blow, since I really liked the BMW-Williams combination, but I guess it’s been less than successful in the last couple of years. So what’s the news now for Williams? I’m hoping that we keep Nick Heidfeld, and I’m not going to say I told you so about his break out season, but I told you so. That I think is essentially the worst part of the entire thing for me, the prospect of loosing my favourite driver at the moment to the (in my view) second rate Jenson Button.

In terms of actual engine suppliers I guess my favourite for the supply of Williams would be Cosworth, since the Lexus idea is a bit rubbish in my view, and a Honda engine would have been pretty crap since it would have blown up every time they raced. Will Williams last the test of time, or will the rest of the car manufacturers take over the rest of the sport?