Team boss: Japanese will be back

LONDON: Formula One can expect Japan's departed carmakers and companies to return eventually but it could be a long wait, according to championship-winning team boss Ross Brawn.

Brawn's former Honda team pulled out last December while Toyota followed this month and Bridgestone, F1's sole tire supplier, has announced it will leave at the end of next season.

The Briton said he suspected the Japanese would have a rethink some time in the future, once the global financial situation had improved sufficiently.