Ok. This makes it two official statements! Let us stop the rumors and thank both Volkswagen and Audi for their decisions! We love F1 (sometimes) but it is no place for Volkswagen and Audi. There are bigger fish to fry!
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After no Volkswagen granted now VW subsidiary Audi the pinnacle of motor sport a clear rejection
Although the maximum number of twelve teams by the provisional rejection of Prodrive short term is not fully exploited, holds the interest of manufacturers in the new Formula 1 seems limited. After the Volkswagen Group has also now is the VW subsidiary Audi King class to a clear rejection.
“Formula 1 is not a subject that we discussed,” stated Audi sports chief Wolfgang Ullrich in an interview with the ‘EUROSPORT Motor Magazine’. “We have a motor sports program defined, with the product and marketing side well covered. We can expand the technology transfer from the motor sports for the series much better than the Formula 1″
The Ingolstadt invest their budget in 2008 instead, the largest motor sports program in the company’s history: For existing touring car programme in the DTM is an advanced sports car program with the 24 hours of Le Mans, the ALMS and for the first time, the LMS.
Already a few days ago had VW adviser Hans-Joachim Stuck, the king class to a rejection: “The Formula 1, the Group is not an issue at the moment and I would also at this moment is not really recommended because the regulations simply lacks stability,” said The former Formula 1 pilot.
via Motor sports Total.com (translated)
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