BMW over mogelijkheid terugkeer in Formule 1 als motorleverancier (2024)

FAQs

Why did BMW pull out of Formula E? ›

For manufacturers like BMW and Audi, there was too much of a disparity between the technology produced for Formula E, and the technology produced for their standard electric consumer cars for both to be viable, and inevitably- it was the sport that got dropped as a result.

09 chassis proved uncompetitive. Combined with the global financial recession and the company's frustration about the limitations of the contemporary technical regulations in developing technology relevant to road cars, BMW chose to withdraw from the sport, selling the team back to its founder, Peter Sauber.

BMW, being a brand synonymous with quality and performance, would not enter the sport half-heartedly. To compete at the highest level, they would require a significant commitment of time, talent, and capital. Given the unpredictable nature of Formula 1, success is never guaranteed, and setbacks can be costly.

BMW returned to Formula One in 2000. They made a deal to supply engines to only the Williams team.

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Formula E audiences "not good enough"

Wolff explains that the investment needed to keep running the team was not justified amid the low audience numbers compared to other championships. He added: "It's the same in Formula E, the audiences were just not good enough.

At the end of the season, Porsche withdrew from F1 due to the high costs, just having acquired the Reutter factory. Volkswagen and German branches of suppliers had no interest in an F1 commitment as this series was too far away from road cars.

Mercedes' design was banned because it was said to be against the spirit of the regulations as it was for aerodynamic purposes. The FIA rules stated that the slot gap separates could only be used “primarily for mechanical, structural, or measurement reasons”.

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BMW has not been part of F1 since 2009, but is not tempted to return for the new 2026 regulations. BMW are "certainly not interested" in entering Formula 1 for the new 2026 power unit regulations, despite other manufacturers being tempted to do so.

Why doesn t Lamborghini join F1? ›

Lamborghini doesn't have a racing history like Ferrari, so it would be too expensive. Also, Lamborghini's Urus SUV is smashing sales records, so why mess with success? If anything, since Lamborghini is owned by the Volkswagen group, there's a better chance that Porsche or Audi gets involved in Formula 1.

Robert Kubica scored BMW's first win in the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix. However after an unsuccessful 2009 and feeling the effects of an economic downturn, BMW pulled out of F1, though its name remained officially attached to the team in 2010.

In light of the parent company's first ever financial loss in 2009, Toyota decided to withdraw from Formula One with immediate effect on 4 November 2009. Toyota's 2010 car the TF110 was almost fully developed. There were two prepared prototype chassis of the TF110.

In 2022 Audi revealed that it will join Formula 1 as a strategic partner to Sauber Motorsport in 2026, and planned to acquire a 75% of the company.

It seems that at some point in the late 2000s, BMW's marketing department started to realize that the “E” numbers were a really popular way to identify their cars, and they decided they were tired of the weird names — “E forty-six” didn't really roll off your tongue, BMW apparently figured, and if the cars were going ...

There was not enough promotion, and people just didn't know what Formula E was all about. Plus, that whole roaring-engine excitement you get with F1? Missing from Formula E.

Formula E's nadir came in the dying weeks of 2020, the first pandemic winter, a time of forlorn gloom the world over. As the teams reconvened for testing at Valencia in November 2020, unbeknown to most, both Audi and BMW had already made their decisions to quit.

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