Mercedes CEO admits F1 exit possible

Let's be serious and honest, in my opinion all the teams are cheating maybe, more or less, but Mclaren was caught more often(intentionally or not). Can some say that all the other teams play 100% fair?

You're absolutely right. Mercedes is a powerful part of F1, and they know it. They're now finally realizing they're not invincible.

I do think the threat is serious though. I mean, with the results McLaren have had this year, and the possible punishment could make it pretty hard for hamilton to get back on track. It would be a shame to lose their participation, so I hope FiA won't do it to BIG.

That's what I thought, FIA knows it would be risky to have too few teams, and too few real car manufacturers' names. Currently we only have Toyota, BMW, Ferrari, and both Mercedes / Renault are now considering leaving...

McLaren was lying and cheating. i hope Mercedes will return to F1 with a serious partner, not those damn cheating Brits.

think a little before talking bull - mercedes killing people in the 1955 Le Mans? how old are you??? 13??? if it was ferrari, the result would have been the same... as well as if it was aston martin, lagonda, or any other team. and i do believe that there is some dirty game about always catching mercedes with there pants down, while ferrari are always clean. this was even confirmed by F1 officials.

I dont like Hamilton and nor do I support MB, but it seems a lot of u have very strong opinions, that are not based on anything valid. First of all, Hamilton did nothing wrong. The driver is a puppet, he was told to do something and so he did it...he did not complain to the stewards, it was the team again. So, personally, Hamilton should not receive any penalty, it should be the team. jdmgtr: again, I dont support MB, but saying that MB should leave because they are not topping the podiums right now? So you would like, in F1, to have only 3 drivers, Barichello, Button and Vettle? And everyone else should levae? :S As has been said above, MB is using its power and mainly putting media and the public into the decision of the FIA. Of course, now the FIA will not decide "normally", since the consequences of their decision could throw a bad shadow at F1, and it could have vital consequences for the whole development of F1 in the future...

Pretend we are talking about the successor to the McLaren SLR and ask yourself those questions again. For that car they have chosen to go in-house with AMG rather than involve McLaren, and the P11 is rumoured to have a non-MB engine in it. I agree it seems weird, but weird things are happening.