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Analysis: Why F2 could be Volkswagen's perfect way into F1
Volkswagen boardroom politics seem to have made the Group's entry into Formula 1 more likely, but the in-development F2 series could make an ideal staging post, as Kate Walker explains. Formula 1 is currently at a tipping point, and the outcome could yet be determined in a boardroom in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. If the resignation of Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piech triggers the Group’s entry into F1, the arrival of another new manufacturer will be a victory for those who have supported the new hybrid power units in the face of constant criticism from the commercial rights holder. FIA president Jean Todt has come under a lot of flak for the introduction of 2014’s new V6 turbo power...
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