Diesel

[billynobrakes]

Could the Volkswagen and now Audi are under investigation , mean problems for diesel entry cars, just a thought

[//j17]

Don't know but it might make them think twice about buying their way in to F1 with Red Bull and possibly dropping WEC.

[gt6]

I think that money might be a little tight in the future for VAG looks like the authorities in many countries will use the situation to milk money from them to help budget shortfalls, the tactic has proved very profitable in relation to banks and oil companies over the last few years

[andyps]

This possibly has more impact on the Audi WEC cars than it will on any possible F1 link.

The VAG group, using the Audi brand, have been using WEC to demonstrate the efficiency and power of their diesel technology. That technology has now been shown, in some instances, to be fundamentally flawed to such an extend they had to cheat the system to make it appear legal. On that basis the principle of using motorsport to demonstrate the capability is massively reduced as the road going version is seen to be a fraud and I'm not sure how motorsport will effectively redress the perception.

I may be wrong but that is the way I see it.

[williamp]

So if audi diesel winners were excluded in a typically french way, then we'd have the French pescarolo team winning, then the French peugeot team next year, then the french peugeot team, then the french team oreca, then the french team peugeot, and after Peugeot retire as 5 time winners, rebellion and toyota become winners.

It happened to lance in the tour de france. Will se be saying byebye audi, and thanks for all the cash for the village

[nutsytvr]

williamp said:

So if audi diesel winners were excluded in a typically french way, then we'd have the French pescarolo team winning, then the French peugeot team next year, then the french peugeot team, then the french team oreca, then the french team peugeot, and after Peugeot retire as 5 time winners, rebellion and toyota become winners.

It happened to lance in the tour de france. Will se be saying byebye audi, and thanks for all the cash for the village

Hmm. Porsche anyone? And as for Lance, proven that he was drugged to the eyeballs. Good riddance to Audi, they dont even sound like racing cars. Could have sworn that Pescarolo went bust.
Paul

[chrisr111r]

nutsytvr said:

Good riddance to Audi, they dont even sound like racing cars.

None of the diesels/hybrids do, a grid of corvettes and astons is what we need for epic noise

[DS240]

Whatever is going on with the diesel road cars it is not going to have any link to the prototype diesel race cars. I didn't think vw/Audi were going to enter F1 but if they were then that might be on hold for a while now.

I think Le Mans has served Audi very well and their success has also been very well deserved. It is nice that there is now close competition for them and I also hope they remain in WEC for many more years.