Jan.19 (GMM) Porsche won’t be in Formulation 1 “for the subsequent few years” a minimum of, the VW-owned carmaker’s director of motorsport gross sales Michael Dreiser insists.
Even earlier than sister model Audi introduced its 2026 works deal and takeover with Sauber, Porsche was in extremely superior talks with Purple Bull a few comparable deal.
“The truth that the cooperation with Purple Bull didn’t work out doesn’t imply Formulation 1 isn’t attention-grabbing to Porsche anymore,” Porsche’s sports activities boss Thomas Laudenbach declared simply over a yr in the past.
And now, Porsche’s director of motorsport gross sales Michael Dreiser has given an identical quote to the publication Blackbook Motorsport.
“Motorsport will at all times be on the core of our model id,” he stated. “Formulation 1 stays an attention-grabbing racing collection for us.”
Nevertheless, he stated Porsche will solely focus on its WEC, IMSA, Formulation E and F1 help class Porsche Supercup packages “for the subsequent few years”.
“There, we wish to struggle for total victories,” Dreiser added. “That’s our custom and our fundamental focus, and we don’t touch upon hypothesis past that.”
