What other major car companies should get involved with F1?

[dylan99]

Porsche and maybe Audi/Lamborghini

[scubywrxr]

bentley would be nice 2 c

[callen]

Lambo should enter a car. audi has bought the company in hopes of a resurgance. i think this would be just the thing audi needs not only for their cars but lambos as well. they could maybe one day be compared directly to ferrari

[graywolf624]

Considering lambo has never had factory race cars I wouldn't hold your breath.

[MaffMaff]

Originally Posted by passingout101 Porsche tryed it back when and i dont think F1 is their thing.

Surely it would! They love to make cars with the engine at the back!

Matt

[levensnevel]

Interesting view taken by Sir Jackie Stewart
http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content...._code=06220189

[CarbonFibre]

I think it would be great to have VAG in one form or another competing in F1. Porsche can't afford it. Maybe we'll see Audis there eventually, but I don't think they or Porsche are interested in this kind of racing because the F1 cars share would share little to absolutely nothing with their roadgoing cars. Porsche does a fine job with its GT3 cars that race all over the world. Audi is already heavily involved in the SCCA Speed world Challenge as well at getting back into DTM with works cars.

[FerrariKiller]

I mentioned GM earlier and I just saw an article from autoweek in which Jackie Stewarts says:

“I think it’s crazy for GM not to be in motorsports. I mean, crazy!” The company, he suggests, has too domestic a mind-set for a global player. “If you’re a Cadillac, forget a sports car, forget a GT car, if you’re going to race with the boys, you’ve got to get into the top end of it. The amount of money that it would take to do the job, they could build an engine and have an alliance with another operation.”

Check out the whole article
http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content...._code=06220189

[FerrariKiller]

I mentioned GM earlier and I just saw an article from autoweek in which Jackie Stewarts says:

“I think it’s crazy for GM not to be in motorsports. I mean, crazy!” The company, he suggests, has too domestic a mind-set for a global player. “If you’re a Cadillac, forget a sports car, forget a GT car, if you’re going to race with the boys, you’ve got to get into the top end of it. The amount of money that it would take to do the job, they could build an engine and have an alliance with another operation.”

Check out the whole article
http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content...._code=06220189

[SFDMALEX]

Lambo already tried to race in F1 without any success. And if you ask me I dont think they have the "know how" for F1.

[SFDMALEX]

Originally Posted by graywolf624 Considering lambo has never had factory race cars I wouldn't hold your breath.

I'm pretty sure Lambos 1991 entry was a factory effort in a Lamborghini 291.

[SFDMALEX]

Originally Posted by levensnevel Interesting view taken by Sir Jackie Stewart http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content...._code=06220189

Thanks Levensnevel I enjoyd reading that one.

[grunthos]

Hey that was a fun article levensnevel
- thanx

[tekwar]

Would like to see nissan, lambo, porsche, and even a comback from lotus would be good to see, but unlikely that any of these companies would go to F1.

How bout some more american car makers, that should spice it up for the people there.

[CarbonFibre]

If GM didn't want to spend the money to compete in Le Mans, they aren't going to dive into F1. After Audi's dominance in Le Mans, Cadillac pulled out and said that it was obvious that direct injection engine technology would have to be developed in order to compete, and they weren't willing to spend the money.