Honda on verge of quitting F1 - reports 本田差不多不想玩了 (CNN) -- Honda are expected to make a formal announcement on their future in Formula One on Friday, amid widespread reports that they are set to leave the sport. 本田本来礼拜五预计要宣告他们未来在F1的计画，包含了他们退出这项运动的消息。 The team's senior staff are reported to have been informed at a meeting on Thursday that the Japanese car maker is no longer willing to bankroll the outfit. 据传周四时队中的资深人员已经在一个会议中被通知这家日本车厂不愿意再挹注资 金的消息。 It is suggested the team will be put up for sale, and if no buyer is found by the end of the month the manufacturer will withdraw from F1. 如果这个月底前没有人要接手，就直接退出F1。 Any such move would send shockwaves through the sport and cast question marks over the future of other manufacturers in the current uncertain financial climate. 在现下不确定的金融环境中，此举将震撼这项运动赛事并让其他制造商对未来有了疑虑。 FIA president Max Mosley warned earlier this year the sport was unsustainable at the moment because of the high costs needed to compete. 摸死你在今年初就已经警告説这种烧钱的竞赛是无法持久的。 It would also mean the grid being reduced to only 18 cars and would leave drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello without seats for the 2009 season. 这表示2009年可能只有18辆车在场上，然後老巴小巴都失业了。 http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/12/04/f1.honda/index.html --

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