Audi dismiss F1 as Irrelevant

dannyjo22 · 25 May 2011 at 11:53

http://www.pitpass.com/43704-Audi-dismisses-F1-as-irrelevant

I have to agree with them from the point of view of the VAG group and most of the manufacturers. F1 offers nothing of interest for road car technology and arguably hasn't for 30 years or more.

All of the car makers have slowly realised the money in doesn't make anything like a return on the investement.

Renault are all but gone and I don't imagine Mercedes will end up staying for too many more years as a works team.

dannyjo22 · 25 May 2011 at 15:54

Skeeter said:
I completely dissagree with you.

And I don't disagree with you, you are talking about a potential future which may not come to pass with the 1.6 turbos. Yes that would become more relevant. For 20 years now F1 has been irrelevant to road car use and I agree with Audi.

Even then F1 is far too expensive in relation to other formats to use as a testbed, unless they went purely as an engine supplier.

I can't see a return to what you say happened in previous eras because the costs are far too high for privateers to run a team that cost 200+ million per year to finance to tread water.

Very possible in the past when the budgets where less than 40 million (1997) and 10 million or more of that paid the drivers and ciggerettes paid the majority of the rest.

dannyjo22 · 25 May 2011 at 16:06

Actually audi talk in that article about why they never entered in 99 when they looked at it. I can't see anywhere in that article they say they have dismissed it for 2012/13 if the engine rules change.

Unless of course you have a better link, I would like to see it

I'm still not convinced the engine ruling will change.

dannyjo22 · 25 May 2011 at 16:45

Skeeter said:
Personally, I hate these new engine rules. However I fully understand why the FIA have done it, and have accepted the fact that its what is needed for F1 to survive.

There was a right up in evo magazine I think It was this month, that said pretty much exactly that.

dannyjo22 · 26 May 2011 at 16:31

gord said:
Nothing that you know of, but technology from F1 is finding its way into road cars all of the time quite subtly..

Such as?

I understand the one you can't talk about until it's public but what about all these others that have made it. I'm sure they would want to tell the world especially as it needs that kind of exposure to prove it's relevance.

I'd wager more of the processes and techniques in F1 come from aerospace.