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Volkswagon and Formula 1 ?
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| Phazon |
Future VW boss interested in F1
But it will take time [01/10/01 - 17:35]
As thought for some time already, Bernd Pischetsrieder, the future boss of one of the world's biggest car manufacturers Volkswagen, has expressed his interest in the company perhaps entering Formula One sometime in the future. It is a well known fact that Pischetsrieder, who will succeed Ferdinand Piech in April of next year, is a huge fan of the sport.
According to the magazine Stern he apparently has a concrete plan to get VW into F1, and already the company has an engine that is suited to an F1 car. However if they should chose to enter the sport, it will not be in the next year or so but rather a few years down the line. In fact when Pischetsrieder was in charge of BMW he prepared for three years before they entered.
"Everyone knows that I am an ardent fan of Formula One. Even if we decide today to take part, we would enter only in three or four years,” Pischetsrieder said, stressing that the company does not have a team to enter with just yet at this high level of competition.
As F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has stressed that only 12 teams may be apart of F1, with Toyota filling the last remaining spot next year, Volkswagen's options would be to either buy into a small less competitive team and then develop their own car, or to provide to a team like Jordan or Sauber with a VW engine. The second possibility would be the "faster” of the two, according to Pischetsrieder.
A few days ago i was talking about how id like to see Audi in F1. Vw is close enough :) |
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| Ur Dream Grl |
Uh-La-laaaaaa.. yup yup yup/.. Le veedub.. is going to be on F1..
Because of the LACK OF THE HONDA engine
this year..Jordan will drop honda in favour of volkswagen...this is only gonna happen in 2003-2004 though... and VW is going to bring mercedes and BMW into formula 1 given to their recent success...
this is gonna be awesome I think.. like we didnt know that honda wasnt gonna last.. hehehehhhehe
UHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU..
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xoxo Ur Dream Grl |
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| ABTsportsline |
As the TA resident VW-person, let me agree with you!
I was very sad to hear that Piech would be leaving....
But who better than Pischetsrieder to replace him? Our company is still in good hands! The entering of F1 territory is a great idea - will only expand the fan base, and give me someone to root for other than the Ferrari's winning all the time. I love Schumacher, but is ANYONE else sick of him winning all the time yet? The McLaren's gave him a good run when they debuted 2 years ago, but have since tapered off into a distant 2nd and 3rd (sometimes 4th)....
I don't know if i'd team up with team Jordan, but hey, if thats what you can get, thats what you get.
Bring on the competition!
-ABT- |
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