April 19, 2024

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Audi could enter F1 with McLaren partnership

HAMBURG — Audi’s supervisory board will examine on Wednesday methods for the organization to enter Formula Just one, which includes by using doable partnership with McLaren Automotive, two sources informed Reuters on Tuesday, incorporating no choice has still been designed.

The board of Volkswagen, which owns Audi, reviewed the make any difference of having a foot into the Formula Just one current market at a meeting last week, claimed two sources who declined to be named.

Audi CEO Markus Duesmann and Porsche CEO Oliver Blume were being recognized as “ardent fans of Formula Just one”, a single supply claimed.

McLaren Automotive on Monday denied a report that Audi had purchased the British luxurious sportscar maker, but still left the doorway open up to technological collaboration “with suitable associates and suppliers.”

A spokesperson for Audi informed Reuters it was “on the lookout at various cooperation ideas” but did not verify whether or not it was talking about a doable sale with McLaren.

Obtaining the carmaker would put a second supercar in Audi’s guides along with Lamborghini, which it has owned considering that 1998.

German publication Automobilwoche noted on Sunday that Audi was particularly fascinated in the Formula 1 division.

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