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Official: VW To Eye F1 Only If Costs Are Lower

 
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An official from German luxury auto brand Audi has hinted that parent group Volkswagen might enter formula one if the costs continue to come down.

Reinhold Carl, managing director of Audi Singapore, is quoted by the Straits Times newspaper as musing that while budgets are dropping, teams still need to fork out "well over a hundred million euros" for an annual F1 programme.

"If the cost is lower, it will be more manageable," he told reporters.

However, after car marques including Jaguar, Honda and BMW pulled out, amid rumours that Toyota and Renault might soon follow, Carl admitted that the gains from being on the grand prix grid remain vague.

He reckons that if VW was to decide to field a team, it would be branded either Porsche or Audi "or even Volkswagen".





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  1. fb_1071016701 avatar fb_1071016701 Posted: 10/9/2009 4:39am PDT

    that would be interesting, hopefully if they do go in, they won't end up like toyota, taking forever to win a race.
     
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  2. By Juan Posted: 10/9/2009 8:42am PDT

    Disagree! VW, Porsche or even Audi as a marketing brand does decide to run in F1; I feel they will strive for a fast win. As demonstrated with Audi in LeManns, Audi has dominated the series from the moment they entered and feel history will repeat if an F1 vehicle is labeled VW.
     
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  3. By  gazzed Posted: 10/9/2009 3:00pm PDT

    I think so too.. Volkswagen will surely have an early win if circumstances would let them join the F1 ranks.
     
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  4. By  My Wheels On Walls Posted: 10/10/2009 12:08am PDT

    An early win? Never happen, F1 is a completely different beast and lets not forget some years in LeMans Audi was the only car in class that was not an under funded start up.
    There are only two team is F1's history that have achieved solid consistant wins from the start. The first would be Wolf Racing from the late seventies and the second is Brawn GP. The parameters with which on pace to win and off pace for the season are just incredibly close.
    Lets look at McLaren this year a team that was completely off pace and now is a contender. What was the problem? Well after completely going over the whole car they realised the rear suspension pick-up points were off a couple of millimeters in relation to the aero package they were running. F1 is no different than brain surgery. There is no perfect solution, the reaction to a cure is different every time, and sometimes what worked in the past does not work now!!!
    I wish them luck as they'll need it but unlike the Japanese, German's are not known as a patient bunch of folks....
     
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  5. By avi Posted: 10/11/2009 9:24am PDT

    hope they dont name the F1 team AutoUnion
     
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