They "explain" it here. Now, I usually give VW a lot of latitude, for whatever reason, and have not hammered them on the emissions business.
However, this has to be some of the most self-serving, obtuse, disingenuous gibberish I've ever had the misfortune to read. They want to see five years stability before they enter? How many years stability do they want after a potential entry? Are they nuts? Five years of complete rules stability in F1 is never going to happen. Perhaps they should look at NASCAR instead.
Then, their nonsense about costs is out to lunch. No, WEC isn't more expensive, unless, perhaps, they're tallying up all the works teams under their umbrella and comparing that to a shoestring budget F1 team like Manor. But, they were talking about Red Bull, and that's clearly another ballpark. Oy vey.
Of course, complaining about ownership and rights management is par for the course. Groaning about Bernie and ownership and regulations is a lot easier to do than it is to actually do something. It's a great PR stunt - no more, no less.
However, this has to be some of the most self-serving, obtuse, disingenuous gibberish I've ever had the misfortune to read. They want to see five years stability before they enter? How many years stability do they want after a potential entry? Are they nuts? Five years of complete rules stability in F1 is never going to happen. Perhaps they should look at NASCAR instead.
Then, their nonsense about costs is out to lunch. No, WEC isn't more expensive, unless, perhaps, they're tallying up all the works teams under their umbrella and comparing that to a shoestring budget F1 team like Manor. But, they were talking about Red Bull, and that's clearly another ballpark. Oy vey.
Of course, complaining about ownership and rights management is par for the course. Groaning about Bernie and ownership and regulations is a lot easier to do than it is to actually do something. It's a great PR stunt - no more, no less.