VW looking set to enter F1 with Sauber in 2015
17 August, 2012
Aug.17 (GMM) German weekly Sport Bild is reporting that Volkswagen, the car manufacturing giant, is making plans to enter Formula One in 2015, with Sauber.
Sauber team boss Peter Sauber confirmed recently that he met at the Geneva motor show with VW’s chairman Martin Winterkorn.
The Swiss team’s chief executive Monisha Kaltenborn denied that there is any more to the story.
But Sport Bild said that Volkswagen is planning to enter F1 with Sauber, the Hinwil based team who won a grand prix with BMW during the 2006-2009 collaboration.
The report said the FIA has been informed of the VW-Sauber plans, with Wolfsburg based VW reportedly keen to strengthen its presence in the key premier car markets in China, the US, Russia and Brazil.
Sport Bild also said that Sauber might be just a “stepping stone” into F1 for VW, with the marque also keen to get involved in F1 chassis design at its state of the art Porsche Motorsport Centre in Weissach, Germany.
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If this is so true why are Sauber stating that they want to keep Ferrari power.
It’s just a pitty we do not have USA manufacturers supplying engines to F1 teams..Ford… Dodge…Chev…
VW will never enter F1. Sport Bild seems to be lacking stories with true facts so they need to make them up…
So who (German driver) will drive for Sauber VW then..Nico Hülkenberg, Adrian Sutil or Nick Heidfeld?
The turbo engine will be good too.