Audi to F1 now?

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With today's news that Ferdinand Piech has resigned and the oft-quoted view that his differences with Bernie were the main blocker, does this open the way for Audi to enter F1 leaving the WEC to Porsche?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32468360

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Mercedes see value and given where Audi seem to want to position their road cars, I expect they would rather be beating Mercedes than Toyota.

Plus, Eddie Jordan would seem to think that the only blocker was Piech/Ecclestone (from http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/30336569)

"The Volkswagen Audi Group is the second biggest car maker in the world and as such it needs to be in Formula 1. But it will not enter it while the sport remains under the control of Bernie Ecclestone, who VAG boss Ferdinand Piech dislikes on a personal and professional basis. Martin Winterkorn - the chairman of the board of management of Volkswagen - is being groomed as Piech's successor and he has always believed that F1 is a great platform for the group's brands. I am told he privately believes VAG should be a part of F1. If VAG did come to F1, I believe it would be with their own team, with the car designed and made in Germany."

Edited by stemll on Saturday 25th April 18:49