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Volkswagen has renewed its objection to approving a formula one project. Recently, Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne said he believes VW brand Audi was "quite ready" to enter the sport soon. "Then came the Volkswagen (emissions) chaos," he said.
But VW's motor sport chief Wolfgang Durheimer has now told Autocar that it is actually the regulations chaos within formula one that is preventing a foray. "The situation is not predictable enough to make the kind of investment required," he said.
"On the regulations front, there are a lot of rumours around the engine side and the supporting technology side. On the ownership side, there are also big questions the sport must answer," Durheimer added. "In F1, it seems the owners will not be there forever and that creates some instability." (GMM)
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Login to replykhasmir
Posts: 893
Nothing but excuses, I suppose they simply have other priorities atm.
I remember some statement from Merc where they got multiple times the amount of money they put into F1 back as marketing value. It all depends how you calculate this but there is also a lot of money to be earned back if you score good points.
For a huge company like VW this would be only a moderate investment risk.
By entering F1, VW could show the world that it is actually capable of building a powerful and efficient engine instead of just cheating with the software.
talktohenry
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Yes all bull, if they wanted to come in, this wouldn't matter, but their own current crisis is the issue, they will come big time and win though once they stabilise themselves.