Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Porsche downplays rumours of joining F1.

 Matthias Mueller,Porsche's chief  has suggested Porsche won’t be entering Formula One any time soon, but says if Volkswagen was to take part in the championship, Porsche would be the segment of Volkswagen most suitable for the job.
speculation has been rife on Porsche's ambition to join F1,It was early in October when the Porsche boss first hinted possibilities that Audi, Porsche or Volkswagen could be entering Formula One. He said the company was going to have a sit-down talk about the idea and try to discover which arm is best for the job. Now though, things look like they might have fizzed out.Porsche isn’t likely to join a sport if rules are outside its scope of interest. Also, the constantly changing regulations of the sport discourages any chances of new teams entering. As rules advance further and further, it makes it difficult for a new team to cut in, whereas current teams have evolved with the rules and the technology, and are already running so to speak.
On a bright note, Mr Mueller recommends of all the companies within Volkswagen to go into F1, Porsche is the one. He said in the same Westfalen Blatt report,

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