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5th May 2015, 14:38 #1
VW in F1?, Who Would Represent Them?
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5th May 2015, 16:12 #2
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May the forza be with you
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5th May 2015, 22:04 #3
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I have been thinking about this. Here are my worthless thoughts (since I am usually quite wrong don't take too much notice )
Audi - good sportscar pedigree but none in F1, have already stated that Audi will not enter F1
VW - saloon car and rally pedigree is strong, alos been involved in several single seat series, but F1 doesn't sit with the 'peoples car' tag
Skoda - no
Bently - plenty of pre WW2 success, nothing since, and again F1 doesn't seem to fit the profile of a luxury car brand
Porsche - obvious choice, have won F1 titles post 1980, are a performance car/sportscar brand, biggest problem for porsche is Mercedes-Benz doing so well.
Bugatti - had a couple of F1 racers in the 50's and actually introduced the rear-engined GP car to the world championship, a few years before Cooper made it work
Seat - no
Lamborghini - have been involved in a previous incarnation of the company with no success
Suzuki - no
I would love to see VAG in F1 but I would like to see them resurrect the old Auto Union badge for F1, for two reasons. 1. The sense of history - when Merc were dominating prewar it was Auto Union who were the only marque that could beat them.
2. It would isoloate and direct the team away from the corporate monster that is VAG
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6th May 2015, 13:14 #4
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6th May 2015, 13:34 #5
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6th May 2015, 01:09 #6
Audi and Red Bull. A change at the top of VW might make it a possibility.
Form is Temporary, Class is Permanent
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6th May 2015, 14:18 #7
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I'd like to see Suzuki go for it!
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7th May 2015, 07:47 #8
Audi or Porsche. Both have racing/rallying pedigree (if not exactly in F1) and are big brands in most markets. Of course they would need to do a better job than Toyota did
Tito Vilanova = :champion:
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7th May 2015, 14:19 #9
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The Old Republic was a stupidly run organisation which deserved to be taken over. All Hail Palpatine!
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10th May 2015, 19:05 #10
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Until Bernie dies you will not see anyone new in F1.
" Lady - I'm in an awful dilemma.
Moe - Yeah, I never cared much for these foreign cars either."
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