Apparently, BMW's deal to sell the Sauber F1 team doesn't include the engine operation in Munich, leaving McLaren free to make its move.

With BMW, Toyota and Honda long gone from an expanded grid, the 12 teams in the Formula One World Championship are powered by one of four engines: Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Renault or Cosworth.

and came from the era when BMW's 3.0-liter P84 and P85 Formula One V10 engines screamed around circuits across the world. Of course, the S85 had an evil reputation for eating rod bearings ...

"Racing a Formula One car around Monaco is like flying ... enough lock to get around the hairpins." On the engine front, one would think that BMW would do something special to its potent V10 ...