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Old 11-05-2010, 10:31 AM
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Porsche in F1....that didn't last long

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Old 11-05-2010, 10:52 AM
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Good. what waste of time and money.
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Good. what waste of time and money.
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It never made any business sense for VW to be in F1 IMO. If Porsche can sell F1 engines that would be good.
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Originally Posted by beentherebaby
It never made any business sense for VW to be in F1 IMO. If Porsche can sell F1 engines that would be good.
I agree with that; their presence would be welcome in this regard and the benefits of "trickle-down" from the R&D involved would be significant...
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Besides there's the question of PAG completing the merger with VAG. That, BTW, is disturbing, given VAG's meddling in PAG with executive changes et al.
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