Porsche evaluating a return to F1

[javadog]

From the Speed web site:

Porsche could return to F1 under the new turbo rules that are expected for 2013.

Company chairman Matthias Mueller said at the Paris Motor Show today that the VW Group is taking a serious look at F1, and would come in with either the Porsche or Audi brands.

While the latter is more mainstream, its management has consistently steered away from the top level of the sport, and had, of course, built a great image in sportscar racing.

However, the new turbo rules for 2013 – likely to be based around a 1.6-liter formula – are ideal for Porsche. The company won the World Championship in 1984, 1985 and 1986 in partnership with McLaren, and with its 1.5-liter V6 engines paid for and badged by TAG.

It had a rather less successful spell with Footwork with a V12 in 1991.

Mueller told Autocar magazine: “With LMP1, there are two classes and two brands – Audi and Porsche. We do not like to both go into LMP1; that is not so funny. So therefore we have to discuss whether it makes better sense for one of the brands to go into LMP1, and the other brand into Formula One. So we will have a roundtable to discuss the pros and cons.”

[porsche4life]

Leave Audi in LMP1 and lets see Porsche in F1!

[Porsche-O-Phile]

If Porsche goes into F1 they'll be back in bankruptcy in five years.

Staying out is one of the smartest things they've done.

[jyl]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

If Porsche goes into F1 they'll be back in bankruptcy in five years.

Staying out is one of the smartest things they've done.

Did you look at the financials of VW when reaching this conclusion?