Quote Originally Posted by Lundefaret View Post
So, VWs position in the WRC was not as certain as i believed in the outset.

Jost Capito is a VERY clever man, and nothing he does comes by chance or accident.
He is off cource informed of what happens in VW around this "SmokeGate."
Mathias Müller seems certain to be the New man in the driving seat, as some very prominent heads start rolling in the VAG concern.

Capito, a master of strategy and details, suddenly has the urge to tell the world (or more rightly, tell the New CEO) that VW is always in for the long haul, that they want Citroën like dominance, he paints a picture of a dinner with the cup and all the badges of Citroëns victories.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/120946

This can have no other explanation than Capito being VERY concerned about the future of the WRC program.
Why did it take me two days to realize the importance of Capitos statements to Autosport?
Well, most often big companies patch over these things by firing a few leaders, making a good excuse, and coming up with a swift escape plan. Well, seems that they are taking this a bit more seriously. They are firing, amongst others, Ulrich Hackenburg, who has been an extremely successful head of development in Audi. This means that they are taking this all the way.

On a side note: The most probable new CEO, Müller, was the head of strategy in VW to I thinnk 2008, wich has to be the period when this Nox-scam was planned.

Well, lets keep our fingers crossed for VW in the WRC!
Let's just get some context. For what you're saying about Capito to apply - he would have needed to be aware of the dieselgate issue and also know that it was about to be revealed to the world.

Don't assume that just because a story is published on a given date that that's when the quotes were gathered. In actual fact that piece appeared in Motorsport News a full week before it was published on Autosport (so September 16th) - and the interview likely took place at Rally Australia. Way before all this blew up. They often spread out their stories across the week on Autosport.com. Publishing this one a week late felt particularly lazy, especially given what had happened since.