Audi To Cancel DTM and WEC Participation To Fund Formula 1 Effort In 2018

No, the contracts have not yet been signed. But according to information gathered from senior Audi officials at the Frankfurt motor show, this is only a formality - paving the way for Audi to join the F1 circus in 2018. While PR issued a luke-warm denial, the board of directors intends to go ahead with the project - potentially expensive collateral damage on the US emission scandal spurred by VW notwithstanding.

'Market research has recently confirmed once again the significance of F1,' a senior Audi manager told CAR. 'The rub-off effects are substantial; we see enormous potential for the brand once the race series invents itself in 2018.'

jameswisrik - 9/25/2015 1:56:36 PM

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if they still afford anything after this emission issue.

Doukas - 9/25/2015 9:55:26 PM

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Audi has their own money. The TDI problem is a VW issue. The 3.0 engines were developed by Audi, by Audi engineers.

MDarringer - 9/26/2015 1:03:43 PM

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Audi's money is VWAG's money.

scenicbyway12 - 9/26/2015 5:12:48 PM

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"The 3.0 engines were developed by Audi, by Audi engineers."

Headline

"Audi fires head of R&D, Wolfgang Dürheimer"

carsnyc - 9/25/2015 11:02:14 PM

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Sorry but this is a VAG issue including Audi. How else do you explain that nobody at Audi knew that their A3 engines had the cheating software?

TomM - 9/27/2015 12:23:22 PM

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How do you explain how virtually every manufacturer of cars did not know about the cheating software? Manufacturers take apart the cars of competitors regularly to develop their competitive offerings. While I do not know for sure- I would expect that most of them knew what VW did.

JustAngry - 9/30/2015 8:38:59 PM

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To the Author,

You're worse than cancer.

Best,
Me