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Company chief Matthias Muller tells Carsguide there is not enough return on the spending for a grand prix program. "Look at Abu Dhabi. Sebastian Vettel wins, Red Bull wins. We need Porsche to win," Muller says.
There have been persistent rumours in the Formula One paddock for the past six months about a Porsche comeback as an engine supplier. The company won with McLaren in the 1980s, with a V6 turbo it designed for badging as a TAG V6, in the time when Niki Lauda and Alain Prost
fronted the team.
But it also made a disastrous comeback attempt in the 1990s with the under-funded Footwork team, using a 3.5-litre V12 engine that was overweight and underpowered.
Porsche has been much more successful at Le Mans, where its sports cars are the most successful of all time with a win record stretching back to the 917 in the 1970s.
"But there is Audi," says Muller. So Porsche is looking at its motorsport choices, but it yet to make a final decision.
"The only thing is that Porsche is very successful in motorsports... and, of course, we would be able to step into the top level of motorsport, but that is not just Formula One."
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