Quote Originally Posted by Rally Power View Post
They wouldn’t be promising to keep Audi Sport work force just for PR purposes...everyone suspected Audi would leave LM/WEC before 2018, most likely because of group brand competition with Porsche, like you’ve mentioned. If they’re keeping their motorsport arm and decided to quit LM/WEC earlier it makes sense they’ll use the free time to prepare a full scale entry in other motorsport series. They’re saying its FE, why should we doubt?

Btw, today’s rumor is essentially the same BS story since dieselgate’s day after: VW will pull out motorsport due to the emissions scandal ‘financial burden’. Why can't people realize VW is one of the richest and most profitable industrial groups around? If they decide to leave motorsport they’ll do it for political pressures – there’s a strong eco lobby in Germany - not by financial needs.

Still, fingers crossed…
Good points. Honestly I thought AUDI will leave WEC sooner or later after the Porsche came into it (this was about the same time VAG considered Posrche as the sports brand of the group instead of AUDI to this point). There seems to be no room for in company competition in 1 series. They may use now the dieselgate as a reason, but is it really?

I believe VW will be in WRC at least until 2019 as the initial plan was, may be with reduced budged somehow, but they should be in. You don't spend 18 months of developing entirely new car for nothing.