Porsche’s aspirations to return to Formulation 1 at the moment are “a closed chapter”, the marque’s motorsport boss Thomas Laudenbach has revealed.
Laudenbach’s assertion that Porsche has no plans for a comeback greater than 30 years on from its final engagement as an engine provider with Footwork in 1991 symbolize the marque’s first feedback about an F1 entry because the full unveiling of the 2026 rules in June.
They comply with practically two years on from the breakdown of its potential partnership with Purple Bull Racing that may have concerned it changing into a 50% proprietor of the crew and its new powertrain division
At that stage, in September 2022, Porsche nonetheless talked about F1 as “a gorgeous atmosphere” within the assertion saying that it was now not pursuing the Purple Bull possibility, however now Laudenbach has now said that it’s “not a subject for us”.
“It’s off the desk: proper now F1 isn’t a activity for us and we aren’t spending any power on that,” he defined.
“We’re solely centered on what we do proper now, and in case you have a look at it, we now have many alternative actions: we’re well-occupied and intensely proud of what we do.”
Laudenbach pointed to Porsche’s large motorsport portfolio, describing it as “practically the right match for the model”.
Pascal Wehrlein, Porsche, Porsche 99X Electrical Gen3
Photograph by: Andreas Beil
“We’re engaged in buyer racing from monitor days, GT4, one-make sequence as much as skilled GT racing [in GT3],” he defined.
“On prime of that we’re racing within the two most necessary endurance racing sequence [the World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship with the 963 LMDh] with our associate Penske.
“The third half, since electrification of our model is essential, is our engagement in Formulation E, which is the one full-electric sequence on a excessive degree.
“I feel we’re very well served.”
Laudenbach additionally said that Porsche had little interest in becoming a member of the IndyCar Collection as an engine provider.
Volkswagen introduced in April 2022 that each its Porsche and Audi manufacturers had been pursuing F1 entries and that plans had been within the “closing analysis section”.
For Porsche these evaluations concerned a link-up with Purple Bull that finally foundered as a result of, it stated, the partnership it sought based mostly on an “equal footing” couldn’t be achieved.
Purple Bull boss Christian Horner subsequently stated that there was a “strategic non-alignment” and that the crew didn’t wish to diminish its “values and virtues”.
The Milton Keynes-based squad subsequently agreed a take care of Ford for 2026 to badge the brand new 2026 engine produced by Purple Bull Powertrains.
Audi introduced its intent to enter F1 for the primary time in ’26 as an engine provider in August ’22 after which took a minority stake in Sauber early final 12 months earlier than finishing a 100% takeover this spring.
Porsche gained a single world championship race throughout its first stint in F1 for the opening two years of the 1.5-litre components beginning in 1961, with Dan Gurney triumphing on the 1962 French Grand Prix at Rouen driving a Porsche 804.
Porsche was commissioned by McLaren to construct the 1.5-litre turbo engine that ran with TAG (Strategies d’Avant Garde) badges and claimed the 1984, ’85 and ’86 world titles.