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Porsche Mulls F1 Return as Engine Supplier
Porsche AG is talking with the organizers of Formula One about being an engine supplier in 2021 when the race series switches from hybrid-electric powertrains to twin-turbocharged V-6s.
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Porsche AG is talking with the organizers of Formula One about being an engine supplier in 2021 when the race series switches from hybrid-electric powertrains to twin-turbocharged V-6s.
The carmaker is having “quite good discussions” about a less complex and more affordable F1 engine, Lutz Meschke, deputy chairman of Porsche's executive board, tells Autosport. Speaking at last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, Meschke says the F1 talks are focused on being an engine supplier rather than fielding a race team.
Porsche last supplied F1 engines in 1991 through its unsuccessful partnership with the Footwork team. But the company has maintained a relationship with F1 through its continued sponsorship of the Supercup grand prix series in which teams compete with identical 911 GT3 race cars.
Earlier this summer Porsche announced other changes to its motorsports program. The carmaker plans to join the Formula E electric car racing series for the 2019/2020 season and is dropping out of the LMP1 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship at the end of this year.
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