BMW rule out F1 return

BMW have made it clear that they will not be returning to the F1 grid in the near future. The German company made a deal to work with McLaren on their road cars which sparked rumours of a future F1 project.

 McLaren have already committed themselves to Honda who re-started their supply of power units to the Woking based team in 2015. Although the history of McLaren-Honda is rich and successful, they haven't impressed over the last two seasons.

"McLaren's long and close partnership with Honda in Formula One is not affected in the slightest by the fact that another consortium enters into a partnership with our road car industry, which is there to develop new engines," said a representative of the team .

"Honda and McLaren have a common goal to again become competitive in F1 and that remains our primary focus. For many it is the difference between our Formula 1 team and the road car division is not always clear."

The last time BMW was in F1 was from 2006-2009 when they bought Sauber which formed BMW Sauber Formula One team and in addition BMW provided the team with engines for the next four seasons.